Gryner (pictured above) is currently attending the Paralympic Games, having also been present in the capital for the Olympics.

"We understand that London raised the bar high for the Games," said Gryner at a press conference here today, with exactly four years to go to the Paralympics in Rio begin.

"To replicate the success they have had here will be one of the big challenges we face, particularly with the success of the Paralympics with all the full stadiums and the huge tickets sales.

Record numbers have watched the London 2012 Paralympic Games at the Olympic Stadium 

"But we are confident we will stage a fantastic Games.

"They will be able to match and maybe better London.

"We were impressed by the organisation of London 2012, which provided athletes and spectators with an amazing experience, and took the Paralympic Games to a new level of popularity.

"But we also feel that London has really helped us, because it has increased the interest and popularity of the Games back in Brazil and around the world.

"I think our largest challenge is to sell more than 2.7 million tickets for the Paralympics.

"It is a challenge but we are ready."

 Andrew Parsons, President of the Brazilian Paralympic Committee, speaking about Rio 2016 at today's press conference in London 

Brazilian Paralympic Committee (BPC) President Andrew Parsons reinforced Gryner's statement, adding: "There will be no rest – we have to take advantage of the results here [in London] and try to increase our funding, our exposure in the media to try and attract new partners, so there's a lot of work.

"At our Games, I think there will be a different atmosphere.

"Not better, not worse, but different, with the Brazilian stage, with the Brazilian way of organising."

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