Rio 2016 legacy must go beyond sport – Blair 29/10/2010 |
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Former British Prime Minister Tony Blair has told Rio de Janeiro Olympic organisers that they need to focus on a legacy that goes beyond sport when the Brazilian city hosts the Games in 2016.
Blair, who played a vital role in helping London win the 2012 Olympics, stressed that officials must make sure the Games bring benefits to the city well after 2016.
"It cannot be just about the three weeks of the Games," Blair told a seminar with business leaders and Brazilian government authorities in Sao Paulo.
"There is no point doing the Games if there isn't a sense that something is being built for the long term.
"Part of the legacy is about what sport can do to society. Sport today is far more important that just sport itself. It can be used as a great anti-crime policy, a great health policy."
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