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Organizing committee representatives said temporary
installations and decorations would be completed in coming days,
and colored fabric covered up pieces that were not quite
finished.
Rio de Janeiro will host South America's first ever Olympics in
the middle of a state financial crisis, a health scare over the
Zika virus, an investigation of corruption on Olympic contracts
and impeachment proceedings against suspended President Dilma
Rousseff.
On Friday, the World Anti-Doping Agency suspended the
credentials of a testing laboratory in Rio de Janeiro for
failing to comply with international standards, though it has
arranged for testing elsewhere.
The velodrome ceremony was originally scheduled for Saturday but
was pushed back a day to give workers more time.
The city government canceled its contract with the company
constructing the 150 million reais ($45 million) velodrome after
the firm filed for bankruptcy protection several weeks ago. A
subcontractor stepped in to finish the project.
A test event had to be canceled in April, though athletes were
invited to try out the track over the weekend.
Mayor Eduardo Paes told close associates the velodrome cost him
the ability to say the city met all deadlines on Olympic venues.
"We can't say that the velodrome was finished on time, but as
I've said with the other projects, it was within budget," Mayor
Eduardo Paes told journalists on Sunday.
The city is also scrambling to finish a subway line that would
take fans to the Olympic Park.
(Reporting by Rodrigo Viga Gaier; Writing by Caroline Stauffer;
Editing by Phil Berlowitz)
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