Rio Olympic Velodrome
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The Rio Olympic Velodrome is an indoor cycling arena in Rio de Janeiro built to host track cycling events for the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Rio Olympic Velodrome canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T9012250 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rio Olympic Velodrome Context triple: [West Zone of Rio de Janeiro, includesFacility, Rio Olympic Velodrome]
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A.
Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome
Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome is an indoor cycling arena in Glasgow named after Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy and was a key venue for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
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B.
Mattamy National Cycling Centre
The Mattamy National Cycling Centre is a premier indoor velodrome and multi-sport facility in Milton, Ontario, that hosted track cycling events for the 2015 Pan American Games and serves as a national training centre.
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C.
Herne Hill Velodrome
Herne Hill Velodrome is a historic outdoor cycling track in south London, renowned as one of the world’s oldest surviving velodromes and a key venue in British track cycling history.
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D.
National Cycling Centre
The National Cycling Centre is a major indoor velodrome and cycling facility in Manchester, England, serving as a key hub for British Cycling and elite track cycling events.
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E.
Bellville Velodrome
Bellville Velodrome is a multi-purpose indoor cycling track and events arena in Bellville that hosts track cycling, sports competitions, and large-scale concerts and exhibitions.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Rio Olympic Velodrome Target entity description: The Rio Olympic Velodrome is an indoor cycling arena in Rio de Janeiro built to host track cycling events for the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
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A.
Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome
Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome is an indoor cycling arena in Glasgow named after Olympic champion Sir Chris Hoy and was a key venue for the 2014 Commonwealth Games.
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B.
Mattamy National Cycling Centre
The Mattamy National Cycling Centre is a premier indoor velodrome and multi-sport facility in Milton, Ontario, that hosted track cycling events for the 2015 Pan American Games and serves as a national training centre.
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C.
Herne Hill Velodrome
Herne Hill Velodrome is a historic outdoor cycling track in south London, renowned as one of the world’s oldest surviving velodromes and a key venue in British track cycling history.
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D.
National Cycling Centre
The National Cycling Centre is a major indoor velodrome and cycling facility in Manchester, England, serving as a key hub for British Cycling and elite track cycling events.
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E.
Bellville Velodrome
Bellville Velodrome is a multi-purpose indoor cycling track and events arena in Bellville that hosts track cycling, sports competitions, and large-scale concerts and exhibitions.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (27)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf | velodrome ⓘ |
| city | Rio de Janeiro ⓘ |
| continent | South America ⓘ |
| country | Brazil ⓘ |
| event |
2016 Summer Olympics
ⓘ
2016 Summer Paralympics ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
250-metre cycling track
ⓘ
spectator seating ⓘ |
| hasType |
Olympic cycling venue
ⓘ
Paralympic cycling venue ⓘ |
| hostedEvent |
2016 Summer Olympics track cycling events
ⓘ
2016 Summer Paralympics track cycling events ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Barra da Tijuca
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Olympic Park, Barra da Tijuca NERFINISHED ⓘ Rio de Janeiro ⓘ Rio de Janeiro (city) NERFINISHED ⓘ Rio de Janeiro (state) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInTimeZone | UTC−03:00 ⓘ |
| openingYear | 2016 ⓘ |
| partOf |
2016 Summer Olympics venues
ⓘ
2016 Summer Paralympics venues ⓘ |
| roof | indoor ⓘ |
| sport |
cycling
ⓘ
track cycling ⓘ |
| surface | wooden cycling track ⓘ |
| usedFor |
indoor cycling events
ⓘ
track cycling ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Rio Olympic Velodrome Description of subject: The Rio Olympic Velodrome is an indoor cycling arena in Rio de Janeiro built to host track cycling events for the 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
West Zone of Rio de Janeiro