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Rio 2016 opens Olympic volunteer centre
Rio de Janerio: The first training centre for Rio’s 2016 Olympic volunteer program has opened, organisers said on Thursday, a media report said on Friday.
The facility in the Barra da Tijuca neighbourhood is one of four permanent training centres due to open before the Games, according to a statement on the Rio2016.com website, as per reported.
Rio’s city centre, Sao Paulo and Belo Horizonte will also boast training venues.
“We want our candidates to learn new things, to have the opportunity to have a unique experience and to be able to share with other people the experience of having worked on the world’s largest sports event,” said Flavia Fontes, Rio 2016’s head of volunteers.
“The goal of the centre is to train volunteers so that they perform focused and efficient work.”
All four permanent training centres will be on campuses of Estacio University, an official supporter of the Rio Games.
The training schedule will include interviews, group discussions and role-play activities.
The local organising committee said 70,000 volunteers would be selected from 242,000 applicants.
The left-handed batsman from Haryana is garnering praise from all quarters for the way he’s finishing games regularly in the most exciting IPL season.
Gavaskar reckons Tewatia’s whirlwind knock in Sharjah (in IPL 2020) where he smashed West Indies pacer Sheldon Cottrell for five sixes in an over, gave him the confidence that he belongs to the big stage.
Speaking on Cricket Live on Star Sports, Gavaskar said, “That assault on Sheldon Cottrell in Sharjah gave him the belief to do the impossible and the confidence that he belongs here. We saw the impossible (he did with the bat) the other day as well. There’s no twitching or touching the pads (which shows a batter’s nervousness) when he bats in the death overs. He just waits for the ball to be delivered and plays his shots. He’s got all the shots in the book, but most importantly his temperament to stay cool in a crisis is brilliant.”
Gavaskar has also nicknamed the 28-year-old cricketer the ‘ice-man’ and lauded Tewatia’s ability to remain unruffled during the tense moments.
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