News It was a year in which the two main venue clusters for the Rio 2016 Games – the Olympic Parks in Barra and Deodoro – rose from their foundations and began to show their final forms As venues neared completion, test events were staged, allowing Games organisers, athletes, volunteers and the public to get a taste of what is to come in 2016 With 2015 drawing to a close, the Rio City Government, which is project managing construction at the two locations, has released updated figures showing strong progress Barra Olympic Park – which will be the heart of Games with its nine venues (seven new, two existing) hosting 16 Olympic and nine Paralympic sports, alongside the Main Press Centre and the International Broadcast Centre – is now 95 per cent complete It staged its first competition, the tennis test event, this month, at the same time shining a light on the sporting, educational and social legacy that the Games will leave See where the sports will take place with our venues mapThe Whitewater Stadium was one of the most complex new builds (Photo: Rio City Government/Ricardo Sette Camara) Also in the Barra region, although outside the Olympic Park, the new Olympic Golf Course is 100 per cent complete, while the Olympic and Paralympic Village, which will host nearly 15,000 athletes next year, is 97 per cent ready Deodoro Olympic Park has hosted six test events this year, including one each at the newly built BMX, mountain bike and canoe slalom venues that comprise the X-Park Part of the X-Park was opened this month as a free public leisure facility, serving 10 underprivileged neighbourhoods close to Deodoro Olympic Park, where construction begin in July 2014 The city government said that work on the three X-Park venues is 100 per cent complete, while the Olympic Hockey Centre is 99 per cent ready and the Youth Arena (that will host preliminary basketball games, modern pentathlon and wheelchair fencing) is 75 per cent complete Deodoro Olympic Park also features three existing venues (for shooting, equestrian and modern pentathlon swimming) and will have a temporary venue, the Deodoro stadium, which will host rugby sevens, modern pentathlon and football 7-a-side  Check out the lastest venue numbers and photos from the Rio City Government:BARRA OLYMPIC PARK: 95% Carioca Arena 1: 96%  Carioca Arena 2: 97%  Carioca Arena 3: 98%  Rio Olympic Velodrome: 76%  Olympic Tennis Centre: 90%   Future Arena: 100%  Olympic Aquatics Stadium: 96%  International Broadcast Centre: 100%  Main Press Centre: 92%  Hotel: 88% OLYMPIC GOLF COURSE: 100% OLYMPIC & PARALYMPIC VILLAGE: 97% DEODORO OLYMPIC PARK Mountain Bike Centre:100% Olympic BMX Centre: 100% Whitewater Stadium: 100%  Olympic Hockey Centre: 99% Youth Arena: 75%What a difference a year makes compare these pictues from December 2014 and December 2015Carioca Arenas (Photo: Rio City Government/Ricardo Sette Camara) Whitewater Stadium (Photo: Rio City Government/Ricardo Sette Camara) Olympic Tennis Centre (Photo: Rio City Government/Ricardo Sette Camara) Future Arena (Photo: Rio City Government/Ricardo Sette Camara) More images from December 2015 Olympic Golf Course (Photo: Rio City Government/Ricardo Sette Camara) Olympic Hockey Centre (Photo: Rio City Government/Ricardo Sette Camara) Rio Olympic Velodrome (Photo: Rio City Government/Ricardo Sette Camara) Olympic Aquatics Stadium (Photo: Rio City Government/Ricardo Sette Camara) Youth Arena (Photo: Rio City Government/Ricardo Sette Camara)  Olympic and Paralympic Village (Photo: Rio City Government/Ricardo Sette Camara)