Study: Rio Olympics Will Expose Athletes To Antibiotics-Resistant Super Bacteria

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  • Young_Chitlin
    Young_Chitlin Members Posts: 23,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Shame foreign athletes cant sue tf out of the Rio mayor and other government officials
  • Young_Chitlin
    Young_Chitlin Members Posts: 23,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    Olympic venues continue to demonstrate their shoddy, dangerous nature as tonight we learned the main ramp of the Olympic sailing venue at Marina da Glória was torn to pieces by wind and three-meter-high waves.

    The photo above was taken five days ago. Here’s how the venue looked after today’s assault by the sea:


    The waves also flooded an international broadcast center at Copacabana Beach...for the second time.
  • its....JOHN B
    its....JOHN B Members Posts: 19,830 ✭✭✭✭✭
    I remember once upon a time I wanted to visit Brazil...
  • northside7
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  • 313 wayz
    313 wayz Members Posts: 2,179 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited July 2016
    Yo they just fired the firm that was responsible for security.....damn that's not good at all

    http://sports.yahoo.com/news/rio-olympics-security-firm-fired-maligned-police-force-takes-over-221722153.html

    Less than a week before the 2016 Rio Olympics are set to start, the Brazil Ministry of Justice terminated its contract with a private firm that was supposed to provide security for the games. The ministry cited “incompetence and irresponsibility” from the Rio de Janeiro-based firm Artel, and moved to strip them of their duties.

    It’s not hard to see why the Ministry of Justice reacted so harshly. With only a few days left until the first venues are set to open, Artel admitted that they have only hired 500 security personnel.

    They were supposed to hire 3,400.

    These staff members were going to be responsible for screening visitors outside each Olympic venue. X-ray machines and body searches are now going to be handled by local police forces to secure areas that are expected to have tens of thousands of screaming fans.

    The same local police that had this welcoming sign for tourists last month.

    Police have voiced concerns over pay, and there have been open strikes in the lead-up to the Rio Olympics. 85,000 security forces in total are still expected to be present when the competition begins on Wednesday.

    This is latest of many last minute gaffes that Brazil and Rio organizers have had to deal with. Repairs to the Olympic Village were just completed after some teams remarked that their accommodations were unlivable. Some officials from the host city have even alleged that a number of the problems were a result of sabotage by disgruntled workers.

    Guanabara Bay has been deemed safe to compete in, but garbage can still be seen floating at the surface of the water. People outside of the competition have even volunteered to help clean up the bay for it to be competition ready.

    Similar security firms, announced that it would be unable to hire the amount of qualified staff members needed in time for the games. Other armed forces were able to be hired to assist and the London games went off without a hitch.

    The last minute nature of organization of these Olympics has been concerning to many. Especially in light of recent terrorist attacks, and the high propensity of street crime in Rio, one would have thought security would have been a higher priority to lock down at the Olympic venues.

    The first events will be held at the Olympic Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on August 3.
  • Chi-Town Bully
    Chi-Town Bully Members Posts: 29,218 ✭✭✭✭✭
    What the hell have they been doing for the past year or so and now the same police force not being paid and now are robbing mf'ers are now in charge of security.

  • Rubato Garcia
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    Australian Olympic Delegation Robbed During Fire At Athletes' Village

    Olympic athletes continue to be victimized by crime and poor facilities—simultaneously, it would seem, as the Australian delegation returned to their lodgings after a fire to discover they’d been robbed.

    Computers and clothing turned up missing after Friday’s fire, which was investigated for arson. The Australian team initially refused to inhabit the athletes’ village owing to its being “uninhabitable,” though the team moved in Wednesday after being assured that “all defects” had been repaired—except that during the blaze, the delegation realized the building’s fire alarms were disconnected.

    The athletes victimized by the theft have not been identified.

    http://deadspin.com/australian-olympics-robbed-during-fire-at-athletes-vill-1784611860
  • Young_Chitlin
    Young_Chitlin Members Posts: 23,852 ✭✭✭✭✭
    From incomplete athletes' accommodation to furious protests over government corruption and the Zika epidemic, the road to Rio 2016 has been beset with problems. But today, with less than six days to go before the Games open on August 5, locals (top and bottom left) told Daily Mail Online that visitors can expect a warm welcome - and that all will be ready. Local cariocas (inset), many decked out in the micro-bikinis for which the city is famous, appeared relaxed - with no sign of trouble. Tourists, apparently unfazed by the prospect of Zika, a virus that can cause birth defects, joined them on the beach, with many wearing t-shirts emblazoned with patriotic slogans or team kit. The Brazilian Government has vowed to ensure the safety of tourists attending the Games, and has deployed 85,000 soldiers to create a 'ring of steel' around the Games. On Copacabana Beach Sunday, the site for the Olympic beach volleyball tournament, hundreds of heavily armed police and soldiers could be seen on patrol. Not all were there to protect tourists, however, with a number staging a noisy protest over the lack of supplementary pay during the Games. But despite the cities' ongoing issues, locals appeared confident that the Games will go on without a hitch.
  • mc317
    mc317 Members Posts: 5,548 ✭✭✭✭✭
    A ? on a bike just broke her ? neck lmfao