MICHAEL HOLMES, CNN ANCHOR: Hello, everyone, I'm Michael Holmes, and this is your ROAD TO RIO update. Olympic tickets went on sale at kiosks across Rio on Monday. While they have been available online for months, this was the first opportunity for fans to purchase them in person. Officials say more than 4 million tickets have sold so far. They expect demand to pick up as we get closer to the start the games. A Rio hospital is reeling after a deadly shootout. Some two dozen heavily armed gunmen forced their way into this hospital on Sunday, police say, to free a fellow gang member who was being treated there for a gunshot wound. One patient was killed, a nurse and a police officer wounded, and the gang members, they escaped. The downtown hospital where this happened is one of five medical facilities recommended for tourists. Meanwhile, hundreds of police officers took part in a huge security drill in Rio on Sunday night. They were rehearsing for opening ceremonies at the Americana soccer stadium in Rio. While the drill caused some traffic headaches, authorities say everything ran smoothly. A pair of sky divers joined the Olympic torch relay over the weekend. A parachuting torch bearer carrying the flame from high above the Amazon jungle safely down to the ground below, the torch now passing through several indigenous communities on its way closer to Rio. That is your ROAD TO RIO update. I'm Michael Holmes.
Olympic Tickets Go On Sale At Rio Kiosks