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Date/Time
Date(s) - 07/23/2016 - 07/24/2016
11:00 am - 7:00 pm

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Venice Beach

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The Road to Rio Tour presented by Liberty Mutual Insurance will be at Venice Beach on July 23-24 for the Team USA sendoff to Rio. Fans can meet Team USA athletes – including Janet Evans, Misty May-Treanor and Kerri Walsh Jennings – try sport demonstrations, zip line and more. The event will also showcase live musical performances by Heffron Drive, Amy Jack, Alex Nester and the Carlos and Salvador Santana Band, Hailee Steinfeld, and multi-platinum artist Rachel Platten.

The event is free and open to the public.

Event highlight: Team USA Send Off Event

Team USA

Where:   Venice Beach – 1800 Ocean Front Walk, Venice, CA 90401

Time:  11:00 am. -7:00 p.m.

Parking and directions:  http://www.visitveniceca.com/category/venice-info/

 

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - JULY 21: Aerial view of Christ the Redeemer, Flamengo Beach, the Sugar Loaf and Guanabara Bay with nearly one year to go to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on July 21, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL – JULY 21: Aerial view of Christ the Redeemer, Flamengo Beach, the Sugar Loaf and Guanabara Bay with nearly one year to go to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on July 21, 2015 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

 

About RIO 2016 Olympics:  The 2016 Olympic and Paralympic Games will take place in Rio de Janeiro — a colorful location for South America’s first Olympic and Paralympic Games. The 17 days of Olympic competition will take place from Aug. 5-21. More than 10,500 athletes from 206 nations are expected to participate in 28 sports, including the highly anticipated reinstatement of golf and rugby.

Additionally, 10 athletes will compete for the Refugee Olympic Team – the first of its kind – and march under the Olympic flag before host nation Brazil in the Opening Ceremony. The groundbreaking ROT is comprised of athletes from four nations – Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, South Sudan and Syria – and competing in judo, swimming, and track and field.

For more information on Team USA, visit teamusa.org, and for info on the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, visit Rio2016.com.

By the Numbers
10,900 athletes
206 National Olympic Committees
306 medal events
28 sports, 42 disciplines
19 competition days
32 competition venues
4 regions (Barra, Deodoro, Maracana, Copacabana)
45,000 volunteers

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For more info on the July 23-24 Venice Beach event, visit http://www.teamusa.org/News/2015/May/26/USOC-Announces-Road-To-Rio-Tour-Presented-By-Liberty-Mutual-Insurance

 

 

 

For more info:

http://www.teamusa.org/News/2015/May/26/USOC-Announces-Road-To-Rio-Tour-Presented-By-Liberty-Mutual-Insurance