Sport Week: Para-canoe venue at Rio 2016

The Lagoa Stadium will host the para-canoe events at this year’s Paralympic Games. 09 Mar 2016

Lagoa Stadium, at Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas, is located in the heart of the city with a spectacular backdrop of mountains, Tijuca National Forest and Christ the Redeemer.

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By Laura Godenzi | For the IPC

Editor’s note: Each sport on the Rio 2016 Paralympic programme will have a dedicated week of featured content published on the IPC’s website. The IPC begins this series with six months to go until Rio 2016 (7 March) and will run until September’s Games, helping the public understand more about the 22 sports being contested in Rio.

Para-canoe will be contested in the Lagoa Stadium, at the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon, which is located in the southwestern part of Rio. The venue will also host the Olympic and Paralympic rowing races, and the Olympic canoe sprint events.

The Lagoon sits in the heart of the city, with the Tijuca National Forest, Christ the Redeemer and several mountains in the background.

This lagoon is in Copacabana, a famous neighborhood widely-known for its beautiful beaches, and, at the same time, one of the four clusters the Paralympic Games will be split into.

Para-canoe competitions will take place 14-16 September.

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Sport fans from around the world can now buy their Paralympic tickets for Rio 2016 from authorised ticket resellers (ATRs).

The IPC’s Global ATR is Jet Set Sports, and Rio 2016 tickets and packages can be purchased on the CoSport website.

Residents of Brazil can buy 2016 Paralympics tickets directly from the Rio 2016 website.