Collapse of a bike lane is added to the list of disasters in sports facilities

The collapse of a section of a bike path built as a legacy of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, which caused two deaths on Thursday has unleashed a barrage of criticism and rescued from oblivion Similar facilities in other international sporting events in accidents Brazil .

The strong waves, according to the official version, caused the collapse of a section of viaduct about 50 meters built by the sea, which was inaugurated last January with a cost of about 45 million reais ($ 12 million) .

The bike path was part of a project to connect all the coast of Rio and serve about 70,000 riders a day, according to calculations by the Mayor.

The mayor wanted the project quedase fully completed before the Olympics, between 5 and 21 August.

This tragedy has reminded that in November 2013 at least two people were killed when a crane collapsed during construction work Sao Paulo stadium which hosted the opening ceremony of the World Cup Brazil 2014.

At least eight people were killed in different accidents in Brazil stadiums built for the World Cup two years ago.


In May 2014, a month before the start of the event, one of the workers employed in the construction of the Arena Pantanal in Cuiaba, one of the twelve World Cup venues, I was electrocuted.

Three people died during the construction of the Arena Amazonas, the FIFA World Cup stadium in the city of Manaus, three in the works of Sao Paulo, one in Cuiaba and another in Brasilia .

In June 2014, in full World, the collapse of a viaduct in Belo Horizonte, which was built a few kilometers from Mineirao stadium, left 2 dead and nearly 20 injured.

The discovery in time from a failure technique Joao Havelange Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, built for the Pan American Games 2007 and will host the athletics competitions at the Olympic prevented another tragedy.

The stadium, reopened this year, had to be closed almost two years as mayor engineering corrected a problem that threatened to cause the collapse of the roof of the facility.

The risk was such that it was shown that a wind of 60 mph could have shot down coverage.

The land on which was built the Villa of the Pan American, where they slept athletes who participated in the Pan American Games Rio 2007, months after construction sank because it is a swampy area, and demand for their apartments collapsed .

For the same reason, a few months ago the organization of the Olympic Games had to cancel the construction of a villa in the center of the city designed to accommodate referees and media and contemplated in the initial draft of Rio 2016.

Of course, the decision to cancel came after he had already advanced part of the investment.