Wow! Colour, culture and carnival! What a truly wonderful start to the games, and I feel so proud to be here in Rio with this team who have made it happen. Some of you will note that I didn’t make my post last night, and for those of you who waited up all night […]

  “The important thing in life is not the triumph, but the fight; the essential thing is not to have won, but to have fought well.” – Pierre de Coubertin Over 9 years ago the bid was submitted for Rio to host the 2016 games.  It wasnt until about 7 years ago Rio de Janeiro […]

  Technically the games kicked off today! Football always has a couple of matches they need to squeeze in a before the Opening Ceremony, so from an operational perspective, we are all systems go! (well at least at those venues needed!) The Football tournament has 16 teams on the men’s side and 12 on the […]

  It is fair to say that some of our equipment has the best view in Rio! Whether it be on the FOP (Field of Play) or somewhere near by. Today we visited one our remote system sites on the opposite side of the bay from Sugar Loaf. The opportunity to get to know an […]

  Ready for a road event!  Road Cycling is one of the first medal events starting on day 1 of the games here in Rio. As you can imagine, there is a massive amount of forward planning and infrastructure deployment needed prior to the cyclists get under way from the mass start at Forte Copacabana. […]

  Five days, five rings, five things to know about the games… The Olympic motto is the hendiatris Citius, Altius, Fortius, which is Latin for “Faster, Higher, Stronger”. It was proposed by Pierre de Coubertin upon the creation of the International Olympic Committee in 1894. The Olympic symbol, better known as the Olympic Rings, consists […]