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Putting the games in such a delicate emerging market is just wrong. Essentially shaming a country into spending billions it does not have is just immoral. Like asking a 19 yr old to host a giant party at their own expense. 

 

Completely ridiculous. 

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Rio's air fails to meet WHO standards http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/air-quality-in-rio-de-janeiro_us_579f9a1de4b08a8e8b5ee4ba

 

Chinese social media users have said the biggest task for the athletes this year is to "come back alive" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36944741

 

Most British athletes to shun Rio opening ceremony http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-olympics-rio-britain-ceremony-idUKKCN10C2PK

 

Olympic boxing tournament hit by corruption allegations https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/01/rio-2016-olympics-boxing-corruption-allegations

 

Report: Swimmers need to ingest only three teaspoons of water to be almost certain of contracting a virus http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/rio-2016-water-pollution-virus-risk-danger-swimming-sailing-rowing-chance-of-infection-almost-a7165866.html

 

Rio Protests for and against President suspended on corruption charges http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAKCN10B0QN

 

Security Supervisor Arrested for Raping a Firewoman inside the Olympic park http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3717779/Rio-security-guard-raped-firefighter-INSIDE-Olympic-Park-just-days-opening-ceremony-police-claim.html

 

Australian rooms robbed during Fire evacuation... http://www.smh.com.au/sport/olympics/rio-2016/olympics-off-the-field/rio-olympics-2016-laptops-shirts-stolen-as-australian-athletes-are-evacuated-20160731-gqhwr2.html

 

Rio Olympics security firm fired, maligned police force takes over https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/rio-olympics-security-firm-fired-maligned-police-force-takes-over-221722153.html

 

Chinese Olympic athlete vomited on, robbed of luggage http://deadspin.com/chinese-hurdler-vomited-on-robbed-of-luggage-on-first-1784577464

 

Corpses at Rio Olympic venues: Viruses and murders spark fears for 2016 Games http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/694688/Rio-Olympic-venues-corpses-Viruses-and-murders-spark-fears-for-2016-Games

 

Olympic flame extinguished by Rio protesters https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jul/28/olympic-flame-extinguished-rio-de-janeiro-protesters

 

Basically, do not go to Rio under any circumstances. The flying monkeys from the Wizard of Oz will probably be there too.

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38 minutes ago, Red Light Racicot said:

Rio's air fails to meet WHO standards http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/air-quality-in-rio-de-janeiro_us_579f9a1de4b08a8e8b5ee4ba

 

Chinese social media users have said the biggest task for the athletes this year is to "come back alive" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36944741

 

Most British athletes to shun Rio opening ceremony http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-olympics-rio-britain-ceremony-idUKKCN10C2PK

 

Olympic boxing tournament hit by corruption allegations https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/01/rio-2016-olympics-boxing-corruption-allegations

 

Report: Swimmers need to ingest only three teaspoons of water to be almost certain of contracting a virus http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/rio-2016-water-pollution-virus-risk-danger-swimming-sailing-rowing-chance-of-infection-almost-a7165866.html

 

Rio Protests for and against President suspended on corruption charges http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAKCN10B0QN

 

Security Supervisor Arrested for Raping a Firewoman inside the Olympic park http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3717779/Rio-security-guard-raped-firefighter-INSIDE-Olympic-Park-just-days-opening-ceremony-police-claim.html

 

Australian rooms robbed during Fire evacuation... http://www.smh.com.au/sport/olympics/rio-2016/olympics-off-the-field/rio-olympics-2016-laptops-shirts-stolen-as-australian-athletes-are-evacuated-20160731-gqhwr2.html

 

Rio Olympics security firm fired, maligned police force takes over https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/rio-olympics-security-firm-fired-maligned-police-force-takes-over-221722153.html

 

Chinese Olympic athlete vomited on, robbed of luggage http://deadspin.com/chinese-hurdler-vomited-on-robbed-of-luggage-on-first-1784577464

 

Corpses at Rio Olympic venues: Viruses and murders spark fears for 2016 Games http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/694688/Rio-Olympic-venues-corpses-Viruses-and-murders-spark-fears-for-2016-Games

 

Olympic flame extinguished by Rio protesters https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jul/28/olympic-flame-extinguished-rio-de-janeiro-protesters

 

Basically, do not go to Rio under any circumstances. The flying monkeys from the Wizard of Oz will probably be there too.

 

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Amazing.  Athletes threatening to boycott the opening ceremonies, refusing to sleep in unsecured dorms, refusing to endorse the city

 

And the IOC is worried about Russian doping when China will be this years true abuser; instead of addressing these issues.

 

Swell

 

http://olympics.cbc.ca/news/article/ioc-members-call-out-wada-over-russian-doping-scandal.html

 

Maybe in 4 years we can have it in ISIS held Iraq?

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8 hours ago, Red Light Racicot said:

Rio's air fails to meet WHO standards http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/air-quality-in-rio-de-janeiro_us_579f9a1de4b08a8e8b5ee4ba

 

Chinese social media users have said the biggest task for the athletes this year is to "come back alive" http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-36944741

 

Most British athletes to shun Rio opening ceremony http://uk.reuters.com/article/uk-olympics-rio-britain-ceremony-idUKKCN10C2PK

 

Olympic boxing tournament hit by corruption allegations https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/aug/01/rio-2016-olympics-boxing-corruption-allegations

 

Report: Swimmers need to ingest only three teaspoons of water to be almost certain of contracting a virus http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/olympics/rio-2016-water-pollution-virus-risk-danger-swimming-sailing-rowing-chance-of-infection-almost-a7165866.html

 

Rio Protests for and against President suspended on corruption charges http://ca.reuters.com/article/topNews/idCAKCN10B0QN

 

Security Supervisor Arrested for Raping a Firewoman inside the Olympic park http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3717779/Rio-security-guard-raped-firefighter-INSIDE-Olympic-Park-just-days-opening-ceremony-police-claim.html

 

Australian rooms robbed during Fire evacuation... http://www.smh.com.au/sport/olympics/rio-2016/olympics-off-the-field/rio-olympics-2016-laptops-shirts-stolen-as-australian-athletes-are-evacuated-20160731-gqhwr2.html

 

Rio Olympics security firm fired, maligned police force takes over https://ca.sports.yahoo.com/news/rio-olympics-security-firm-fired-maligned-police-force-takes-over-221722153.html

 

Chinese Olympic athlete vomited on, robbed of luggage http://deadspin.com/chinese-hurdler-vomited-on-robbed-of-luggage-on-first-1784577464

 

Corpses at Rio Olympic venues: Viruses and murders spark fears for 2016 Games http://www.express.co.uk/news/world/694688/Rio-Olympic-venues-corpses-Viruses-and-murders-spark-fears-for-2016-Games

 

Olympic flame extinguished by Rio protesters https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2016/jul/28/olympic-flame-extinguished-rio-de-janeiro-protesters

 

Basically, do not go to Rio under any circumstances. The flying monkeys from the Wizard of Oz will probably be there too.

 

just a normal day in Rio. move on...

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I think it's time to put it to bed. It's a stupid waste of time and billions upon billions of dollars. The individual sports already have thier own world championships. That's good enough. I honestly could not give two poops about any of it, except hockey in the winter Olympics. With the world Cup coming back now though, there's no need. Stick a fork in it, it's done. 

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Fetid sewage, floating garbage and worries about water safety are lingering issues ahead of the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where CBC's Adrienne Arsenault took to the skies to see the scale of the sewage problems in the Brazilian city.

From a helicopter, Arsenault and local biologist Mario Moscatelli surveyed the waters that will serve as a venue for some competitions. Long lines of sewage flowed from streams and rivers into bays and lagoons. 

"This is a shame!" Moscatelli says as the helicopter passes over an area with visible sewage near the Olympic Park.

 

Rio officials had pledged to clean up the pollution and build eight sewage treatment plants before the Games, but just one plant was constructed, Arsenault reports. 

"Booms collect garbage that threatens to get in the way of athletes, and that should help them," Arsenault says. "But what about a long-term shift for those who live here?"

Moscatelli, who has been tracking the sewage situation in Rio for 20 years, says officials "said one thing and they did another thing."

"We have money, we have technology, but we don't have interest," says Moscatelli, who has been active in the campaign to clean up the waterways.

On Monday, The Associated Press published the results of a 16-month study it commissioned that showed the waterways in the city were contaminated with raw sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria.

Watch the video above to learn more about the challenges in Rio and to get a view from above of the city's water pollution.

Rio water problems

A water quality survey of the aquatic Olympic and Paralympic venues commissioned by The Associated Press 'has revealed consistent and dangerously high levels of viruses from the pollution.' (CBC)

Rio water

Athletes, including some sailors, have been taking precautions ahead of the Games. Dannie Boyd, a Canadian sailor, says 'water quality is definitely a struggle' in Rio.

CBC

The bid document submitted by Rio in 2009 says the games would 'regenerate Rio's magnificent waterways.' The city has long struggled to clean up pollution in the area's water. 

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On 7/31/2016 at 7:51 PM, BabychStache said:

Putting the games in such a delicate emerging market is just wrong. Essentially shaming a country into spending billions it does not have is just immoral. Like asking a 19 yr old to host a giant party at their own expense. 

 

Completely ridiculous. 

Agreed. Bear in mind that this is also right on the heels of hosting the World Cup. It's no wonder the Brazilian economy is under so much pressure.

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So now that the 1st marathon swim is over, how many athletes have turned up in the Olympic infirmary, I wonder? And - now adding to the list of clear & present dangers in Rio, US swimmer & Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte & others were detained, threatened, assaulted & then summarily robbed...after their cab was stopped by criminals supposedly masquerading as policemen with badges. Or were they masquerading at all?

 

Reports that the Rio police force & frustrated Olympic security personnel have been protesting that they're not being paid or properly compensated for their work, leaves us to suppose that perhaps another solution may have presented itself. :ph34r:

 

 

 

 

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On 8/17/2016 at 10:06 AM, viking mama said:

So now that the 1st marathon swim is over, how many athletes have turned up in the Olympic infirmary, I wonder? And - now adding to the list of clear & present dangers in Rio, US swimmer & Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte & others were detained, threatened, assaulted & then summarily robbed...after their cab was stopped by criminals supposedly masquerading as policemen with badges. Or were they masquerading at all?

 

Reports that the Rio police force & frustrated Olympic security personnel have been protesting that they're not being paid or properly compensated for their work, leaves us to suppose that perhaps another solution may have presented itself. :ph34r:

 

 

 

 

 

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