Media were taken on a tour of Rio 2016 venues this morning to coincide with one-year-to-go celebrations ©Getty Images

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Rio 2016 mascot Vinicius poses in the Olympic Park at Barra ©Getty Images

Press equipped for a building site attend a press conference this morning ©Getty Images

Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes spoke passionately about the character of Rio 2016 ©Getty Images

Rio 2016 President Carlos Nuzman also spoke at today's event in the Barra Olympic Park ©Getty Images

Thomas Bach (left) alongside Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff and Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes (right) at one-year-to-go celebrations ©Getty Images

A small group of anti-Olympic protesters march ahead of the ceremony this evening ©Getty Images

Dilma Rousseff and Thomas Bach pictured together ahead of the ceremony this evening ©Getty Images

Rowers compete on the Lagoa Rodrigo de Freitas on the opening day of the World Junior Championships, also a Rio 2016 test event ©Getty Images


Workers constructing venues on the Olympic Park with one year to go until the Games begin ©Getty Images