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Rio Olympic Park nears completion

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Rio de Janeiro: The construction work at Rio de Janeiro’s 2016 Olympic Park complex has reached 92 percent completion, officials said.

The mountain bike and BMX courses are the only finished venues while the velodrome is in the least advanced stage of completion, said a release on Friday, as per reported.

Eleven of the 16 venues are more than 90 percent complete.

Arena da Juventude is the least advanced venue at Deodoro Park – the Games’ second-largest sports cluster. The arena, which will host basketball and fencing, is 68 percent complete.

Construction of the athletes village and the main press centre is also nearing completion.

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Sunil Gavaskar gives his opinion of GT allrounder Rahul Tewatia

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May 5, 2022

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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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