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Carlos Nuzman, President, Rio 2016 Organising CommitteeRio delivered history. We organised the first ever Olympic Games in South America. And thanks to the teamwork of all our partners, we staged spectacular and memorable Games.For Brazil, the Games were 20 years in the making. They started with a dream: turning Rio into an Olympic City. Many people thought it was impossible. But we did it. We welcomed the world with Brazilian human warmth, respect, joy and solidarity. Everyone involved displayed great reliability, courage, verve and much resolve to deliver the Games against a background of great economic challenges and political instability.None of this would have been possible without the understanding and support of our partners; the IOC, the three levels of government, the International Federations and National Olympic Committees and, of course, the great support and expertise of our marketing partners. Alongside their important financial contributions, our partners helped us with their invaluable knowledge and experience in finding creative, innovative and efficient solutions to ensure we could deliver excellent Games that the athletes and spectators deserved. Every Games has its challenges and I’m proud to say that we rose to every one and succeeded. We surpassed our commercial targets, we sold millions of affordable, accessible tickets, and we delivered a merchandising programme that saw queues around the block at Rio 2016 stores. These were also Games of transformation. Rio after the Games is a different, much developed and improved city than before the Games. But the transformation goes much deeper than infrastructure and venues. Through the power of our communications and our marketing partners we transformed perceptions about Brazil’s ability to deliver the greatest event in the world. We staged Olympic Games that will forever remain in the history of world sport, and we demonstrated that the Olympic Movement can be truly global.Carlos Nuzman008 FOREWORD