Velodrome ready this month, Zika ‘no threat’ (Reuters)

By Karolos Grohmann LAUSANNE, Switzerland (Reuters) – The Olympic velodrome will be ready for athletes to train there this month, organizers said on Thursday, with the most delayed project of the Games still to be completed two months before the start. Games chief Carlos Nuzman played down any impact from the political crisis in Brazil, with the impeachment of suspended President Dilma Rousseff and her trial scheduled to run during the Olympics. Rio de Janeiro’s city government said earlier this week it had canceled its contract with the company constructing the velodrome after the firm filed for bankruptcy protection.