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For fans anxiously awaiting to hear if they have been successful in applying for tickets to Rio 2016 Olympic Games, exciting new images have been released

They show the first seats to be installed in the new venues being constructed in Barra Olympic Park, the heart of the Games

Carioca Arena 3, which will host fencing and taekwondo during the Olympic Games and judo during the Paralympic Games, will have all its 10,000 blue and green seats in place by the end of June

Shortly afterwards, the seating will be installed in Carioca Arena 1, which will host basketball, wheelchair basketball and wheelchair rugby, and Carioca Arena 2, which will stage Olympic judo and wrestling, plus boccia during the Paralympic Games

Left to right: Carioca Arenas 3, 2 and 1, and the Future Arena (Photo: Rio Municipal Government/Renato Sette Camara) The metallic roof of Carioca Arena 3 is complete and installation of the 285 wooden beams that will form part of its facade began in January

The sinuous aluminium sections that interlock between the beams are also being installed

Brazilian fans will discover the results of the first Olympic Games tickets draw on June 9, while the international ticket sales process ongoing

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Carioca Arena 3 will host fencing, taekwondo and Paralympic judo (Photo: Rio Municipal Government/Renato Sette Camara) Carioca Arenas 1, 2 and 3 will form a central part of the Olympic Training Centre after the Games (Photo: Rio Municipal Government/Renato Sette Camara)