RIO DE JANEIRO -- The roads of the Deodoro twist and turn through residential
areas, past markets where locals eat lunch outside and parks where children fly
paper kites.
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the region to the north and creeks weave through the middle, around ramshackle
homes shrouded in trees.Joggers mix with dog walkers and mothers pushing
strollers down the sidewalks, passing groups of military personnel every few
hundred yards.The Deodoro cluster of venues is one of four at the Rio de Janeiro
Games, but it is a world apart from the hustling, bustling clusters near the
coast.Its little a bit calmer than the other venues, said Fernando Gomez, who
lives in Belo Horizonte, about five hours north of Rio. Both are good places to
be.The Copacabana cluster is the most attractive and famous cluster, its beaches
and iconic views of Sugarloaf Mountain and Christ the Redeemer. The Barra
cluster is the heart of the games, home to the main Olympic Park. Maracana is in
a dense urban area with the Marcana and Olympic stadiums that hold track, soccer
and the opening and closing ceremonies. Fans could also have gone to the nearby
the Sambodrome -- the center of Rios Carnival celebration -- to see
archery.Deodoro is far more inland than other three clusters, north of Barra,
northwest of Copacabana and Maracana. Most of the venues are on the grounds of
an army facility, home to the largest concentration of military personnel in
Latin America with 60,000 troops.And it seems more like a military base than an
Olympic park, with troops standing on tanks scattered among the venues and
chanting cadets occasionally run shirtless through the streets in
formation.Deodoro hosts 10 sports: equestrian, mountain bike and BMX racing,
modern pentathlon, shooting, whitewater canoeing, field hockey, rugby and the
womens basketball group stage games.Deodoro Park has venues for field hockey,
rugby, basketball and modern pentathlon. The Olympic Shooting Centre is just
across a highway, accessed through a tunnel.Whitewater Stadium and the Olympic
BMX Centre are carved out the side of hills a few miles away in the Olympic X
Park, with the mountain bike track just to the west. The Olympic Equestrian
Centre is just a few miles south of X Park.Deodoro Stadium was rowdy for big
rugby games, as was Whitewater Stadium. The Youth Arena had a great atmosphere
throughout, particularly when Brazil played, and the BMX center figures to be
rocking when it starts on Wednesday.Everything else is well, a bit more chill,
the crowds smaller than the other clusters.The stadiums for field hockey and
rugby were less than half full for most early-round matches. Equestrian --
except for a capacity crowd on Sunday -- has been about a third full most days,
though the Brazilians are passionate about show jumping, roaring whenever a
horse clears an obstacle.The shooting center had an air horn blaring from the
stands the first day and Brazilian fans serenaded mustachioed independent
athlete Abdullah Al-Rashidi with a chant of Ole, ole, ole, mustache in
Portuguese the final day. The crowds in between were mostly smaller and less
vocal.Deodoro Park has a large area between the venues with a beer garden and
picnic tables set in a strand of trees. Hundreds of fans gather daily at the
tables or lay in the grass, some leaning against the trees to take a siesta.The
park can fill up quickly when theres a big game or multiple sports going at the
same time, though theres usually just a scattering of people across the
grounds.The area around Deodoro Park is bustling during the day, but restaurant
and bar options are limited. Its also not the safest place to walk after dark,
particularly alone.A creek runs through the grounds, but its not a great
addition; the polluted water appears to have the consistency of oil and its
stench can carry to the far reaches of the park.Deodoro is definitely unlike the
other clusters at the Rio Games, but thats not necessarily a bad thing. Just
different.At Copacabana, you are inside of the city, you have people walking
around, coming from different places, said Gomez, who traveled to Rio to see the
Olympics in his home country. We have a little bit more space here. I like it.
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left elbow. Perez joins infielder Andy LaRoche and catcher Mike Nickeas with
minor-league agreements for 2014 that include invitations to attend spring
training.New Zealand internationals Cory Jane, Victor Vito and Julian Savea have
been dropped by Hurricanes after breaking a curfew last weekend. The trio, along
with flanker Ardie Savea and prop Chris Eves, will miss the Super Rugby clash
against the Reds on Saturday, live on Sky Sports 3, as a punishment for arriving
back late to the team hotel before Hurricanes played the Sharks in
Durban. Hurricanes suffered a 32-15 defeat to the South African side - a result
which leaves them six points behind New Zealand conference leaders Crusaders.
Chris Boyd, the Hurricanes coach, revealed on Thursday that the five players had
agreed on a curfew for their two matches in South Africa, but had marginally
missed the cut-off time having gone out for the evening.In Durban there is a lot
of potential for distraction, he said. The beaches are good, the climate is
good, the food is good and everything is cheap. And they had been warned about
those distractions. Hurricanes coach Chris Boyd said the players made a poor
error of judgement Subsequently on the Tuesday, which was the night before our
day off, five players marginally missed that curfew. They were bound by the team
protocols and will miss one game.Boyd refused to reveal the exact time of the
curfew but said the players had been back before midnight.This was a one out of
10 offence with a 10 out of 10 punishment, he added. But a protocol is still a
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of Super Rugby Boyd was unsure if the five players had been drinking, but said
the team considered alcohol not to be an issue and the punishment had been for
not getting back in time.
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consumption of alcohol, he said. Theyre grown men and they make their own
decisions. The reason why they have been stood down is not alcohol related.
Victor Vito will also miss the clash against the Queensland Reds Boyd said the
reason they did not miss the match against Sharks was that the team had only 27
players in South Africa. Dropping the five would have meant Hurricanes could not
have fielded a match-day complement of 23.The five players have apologised to
the team and management, with Boyd adding: None of them are happy they have made
a poor error of judgement.We have talked internally that it shouldnt be a
distraction. We know there will be extra scrutiny so were determined to put a
performance on back at the Cake Tin. Also See: Hurricanes players in hot water
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