Sunday, 9 May 2021
The Brazilian Olympic Committee (COB) has now sent the last of 20 containers of sports equipment and COVID-19 protection materials, totalling more than 20 tonnes in weight, to Japan ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Games scheduled opening on July 23.
The final shipments were sent in April to equip the nine Team Brazil bases, the Olympic Village and other facilities that will be used by the national delegation.
The number of items required in Japan has grown because of the pandemic, and the COB has transported 68,000 disposable masks, 12,500 disposable shoe covers, 400 alcohol sprays and 250 aprons, among other products. Under normal conditions, the Tokyo Olympic Games would already demand us a great challenge regarding time zone, climate, and food, said Marco La Porta, a COB vice-president and Team Brazil s
In the most complex logistical operation in its history, Brazil NOC sends 20 containers with materials to Tokyo 05/07/21
Pandemic changes the planning, and the entity acquires health items to protect the Brazilian delegation in Japan as much as possible
The first Brazilian athletes to make it to Tokyo will only arrive in the Games’ host city two weeks before the event s beginning. For all of them to have the best training conditions on Japanese soil, the Brazil Olympic Committee (BOC) needs to get everything ready well in advance. With that in, the entity took another important step in April: it sent to Japan the last containers with sports materials and equipment to equip the nine Team Brazil bases, the Olympic Village, and the other facilities that will be used by the national delegation.
In an exciting ceremony, Claudio Roberto receives the Olympic silver medal won in Sydney twenty years ago 12/16/20
The 13th of December 2020 will remain forever in Cláudio Roberto Sousa s memory. Twenty years after his 4x100m victory at the Sydney Games, the sprinter from Piauí finally received the long-awaited Olympic silver medal in a ceremony held during the Brazil Athletics Trophy, at the Olympic Training and Research Center (COTP) in São Paulo.
Together with his relay companions - Vicente Lenílson, Edson Luciano, André Domingos, and Claudinei Quirino - Cláudio Roberto entered the track and started to remember the old times. The quintet simulated a 4x100m relay, with Cláudio completing the lap on the track. Then, already moved, he went towards the podium, where he put the medal on his chest for the first time.
In an exciting ceremony, Claudio Roberto receives the Olympic silver medal won in Sydney twenty years ago 12/16/20
The 13th of December 2020 will remain forever in Cláudio Roberto Sousa s memory. Twenty years after his 4x100m victory at the Sydney Games, the sprinter from Piauí finally received the long-awaited Olympic silver medal in a ceremony held during the Brazil Athletics Trophy, at the Olympic Training and Research Center (COTP) in São Paulo.
Together with his relay companions - Vicente Lenílson, Edson Luciano, André Domingos, and Claudinei Quirino - Cláudio Roberto entered the track and started to remember the old times. The quintet simulated a 4x100m relay, with Cláudio completing the lap on the track. Then, already moved, he went towards the podium, where he put the medal on his chest for the first time.