Carioca Arena 3
Arena Carioca 3
Aerial view of the Carioca complex at Barra Olympic Park in May 2016; Arena 3 is visible at bottom left
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LocationBarra Olympic Park
Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Coordinates22°58′36″S 43°23′33″W / 22.9766°S 43.3924°W / -22.9766; -43.3924
OwnerCity of Rio de Janeiro
Capacity10,000 (Olympics)
Opened2016

Carioca Arena 3 (Portuguese: Arena Carioca 3) is an indoor stadium in Barra da Tijuca in the west zone of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The venue hosted taekwondo and fencing competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics and the judo and wheelchair fencing competitions at the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Carioca Arena 3 was planned to be transformed into a sports high school after the Games.[1][2][3][4]

During the COVID-19 pandemic in Brazil, the structure of Carioca Arena 3 was used as a base for the health workers on vaccination programme. As of February 2022, the Arena is open for children engaged in sports activities promoted by the prefecture of Rio de Janeiro.[5] In December, the plans for a sports training hall were finally put into place, with the facility to be renamed Olympic Educational Gymnasium Isabel Salgado (Portuguese: Ginásio Educacional Olímpico Isabel Salgado, homaging recently deceased volleyball player Isabel Salgado).[6]

See also

References

  1. ^ "Introducing Carioca Arena 1… the new home of Olympic basketball". Rio 2016. 12 January 2016. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  2. ^ "Arena Carioca 3". globoesporte (in Portuguese). Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  3. ^ "Carioca Arena 3". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 2 April 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  4. ^ "Rio 2016 venue for taekwondo, fencing and Paralympic judo unveiled in Olympic Park". Rio 2016. 6 March 2016. Archived from the original on 7 March 2016. Retrieved 8 March 2016.
  5. ^ "Legado Olímpico: arenas esportivas não deram lugar a escolas e têm aspecto de abandono". G1 (in Brazilian Portuguese). 24 July 2021. Retrieved 2022-02-17.
  6. ^ Legado Olímpico: começa transformação da Arena Carioca 3 em escola

External links

Media related to Arena Carioca 3 at Wikimedia Commons

Venues of the 2016 Summer Olympics (Rio de Janeiro)
Venues of the 2016 Summer Paralympics
Olympic venues in taekwondo
Olympic venues in fencing
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