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The Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, will house nearly 11,000 athletes and some 6,000 coaches and other handlers for the Summer Games, which begin August 5. (Leo Correa/AP) ...
With the start of the 2016 Rio Olympics just a few days away, organizers are still trying to get the Olympic village ready for the thousands of athletes and media members attending the event.
RIO DE JANEIRO—Some delegations have abandoned housing at the Olympic Games, amid complaints of abysmal living conditions, in what is turning into an embarrassment for the host city, with just ...
15 Rio Olympic Village Horror Stories. 15 Rio Olympic Village Horror Stories. Stress tests, and fires, and gas leaks, oh my. By Tess Koman Published: Aug 17, 2016 10:07 AM EDT. Save Article.
Olympic Athletes' Village in Rio Has 'Blocked Toilets, Exposed Wiring:' Officials "No Australian team member will move inot our allocated building," Australian team chef de mission in Rio, ...
Australia’s Olympic team leader is keeping the delegation’s 700 athletes or staff out of the Athletes Village for at least two days, citing electrical and plumbing problems in the sprawling ...
Blocked toilets, leaky pipes and exposed wires – just a few of the reasons Australia’s Olympic delegation has refused to move in to the athletes village, now open to arriving Olympians. The ...
The Olympic village in Rio has been deemed unlivable with electrical issues, leaking toilets and more leading up to the Summer Olympics.
It was only a matter of time before someone mocked the problems at Rio’s Olympic Village, which has been criticized by both countries and the athletes staying there. Someone on Airbnb’s… ...
ON A bend on one of Brazil’s longest highways only a 50-minute drive from Rio de Janeiro’s Olympic village, girls as young as nine are selling their bodies to truck drivers for money.