RIO DE JANEIRO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--GE, worldwide partner of the Olympic Games since 2006, today announced it has exceeded $1.5 billion in infrastructure sales related to the Olympic Games over the past 10 years. During this period, GE has worked closely with host countries, cities and Organizing Committees to complete over 1,000 infrastructure projects for Olympic Games venues, health centers and surrounding commercial buildings. The technology provided aims to support the organizing committees’ goals of building sustainable Olympic Games that improve the infrastructure of the host cities and provide state-of-the-art healthcare for Olympians.

“We are proud of our work with the IOC and local Organizing Committees in delivering a variety of critical healthcare, energy, power, water, and lighting solutions for the Olympic Games across six host cities to date,” said John Rice, Vice Chairman, GE. “Rio 2016 has been a great event that has further strengthened the sustainable Olympic legacy for future generations. We are already working with Korea and Japan to ensure their Games build further on this legacy. ”

Our critical technology is in every venue for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games. Through Current, powered by GE, we are providing state-of-the-art lighting with over 200,000 fixtures for the fields of play and critical venues, including the famous Maracanã Stadium for the Opening and Closing Ceremonies of the Olympic Games.
In the International Broadcast Center we provide power connectivity and continuity to ensure live coverage of the Games on-site and for billions of spectators around the world. All the energy that fuels the Center’s operation passes through our system with over 3,000 Uninterruptible Power Supply (UPS) units delivering redundancy and reliability throughout the broadcast period.

Critical to the success of the Games is the provision of world-class healthcare to maximize athlete performance and quality competition. In the Olympic Games Polyclinic, GE has equipped sports physicians with advanced medical imaging technologies including a wide range of digital imaging equipment such as MRIs, X-Ray and Ultrasound machines.

“The Polyclinic is the jewel in the crown of medical provision at the Olympic Games,” says Dr Richard Budgett, Chief Medical Officer, IOC. “During the Games, it’s about providing a medical and diagnostic service which is fast and also really accurate, and that has a level of excellence that everyone from all around the world can be confident in. With that confidence, both the support staff and the athletes can give it their best.”

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