SuggestedLeadIn: The Rio 2016 mountain bike course designer tested the Olympic track

Script: The organising committee of the Rio 2016 Olympics released a video of the Games' mountain bike course designer, South Africa's Nick Floores, testing his creation at the X-park

Floores installed a camera on his helmet and rode the five-kilometre-long track at the Deodoro Sports Complex

It is located at the same complex where the canoe slalom and BMX events will take place.

Works are 80 per cent complete according to the organising committee with the mountain bike test event to be held on 11th October.

So what does the creator think of his creation

UPSOUND: (English) Nick Floores, Rio 2016 mountain bike course designer:

"Harder than I thought."