Rio 2016
Leonard_Jansen
Charter Member
From an article about the IOC vice president calling Rio's preparation the worst he's ever seen:
"Construction has not begun on some venues, infrastructure is significantly delayed and water pollution is a major concern for sailing and other sports just two years out from the Games. Even so, the Australian said the Games will take place in Rio."
Note: Emphasis is mine.
-LBJ
"Construction has not begun on some venues, infrastructure is significantly delayed and water pollution is a major concern for sailing and other sports just two years out from the Games. Even so, the Australian said the Games will take place in Rio."
Note: Emphasis is mine.
-LBJ
“Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.” - Oscar Wilde
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loneswimmer.com
http://www.nytimes.com/2014/05/19/world/americas/memo-to-olympic-sailors-in-rio-dont-touch-the-water.html?hp&_r=0
MIMS is looking squeaky clean!
-LBJ
“Moderation is a fatal thing. Nothing succeeds like excess.” - Oscar Wilde
@sharkbaitza
Ew!
http://news.yahoo.com/dead-fish-wash-shores-rio-bay-near-olympic-182052235--oly.html
We're all just carbon, water, starlight, oxygen and dreams
Great ESPN report by Bonnie Ford, who covered the Fran Crippen fiasco:
http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/story/_/id/14791849/trash-contamination-continue-pollute-olympic-training-competition-sites-rio-de-janiero
The money quote, from American Chip Peterson:
**An ambassador for the Netherlands-based nonprofit Plastic Soup Foundation, van Rijsselberghe called the conditions in Rio "disgustingly filthy and dangerous" in a blog written after he won the Copa Brasil de Vela event in Guanabara Bay in December:
"A member of our coaching staff almost puked while entering the Olympic harbor," van Rijsselberghe wrote in text translated and posted on the foundation's website.
"Raw sewage. The athletes do not talk about it. ... They are not there to challenge the world's environmental issues. But the athletes are all concerned and deeply worried.**
How was the IOC duped into believing Brazil could/would/had the will to undertake such a massive clean up anyway when all the major cities have the same appalling sanitation issue and show no ability to tackle the problem? Why are they unwilling not to move the sailing/swimming to an alternative venue? Its still not too late to at least rectify this mistake and move to a cleaner location however they need to show leadership to make it happen.
Sorry I meant all the major cities in Brazil. Ever seen the River Tiete in Sao Paulo?
THE most disgusting river in the world, the smell is sickening.
I once swam into a dead dog in a race in Japan near Fukuoka. There was a "river" dumping into the sea the race was in filled with trash and other fun presents. It was probably the worst thing I ever had to deal with in a swim.
severed human arm...
euronews.com/2016/03/01/problems-mount-for-rio-olympic-organisers-as-human-arm-reportedly-found-in/
Delightful.
It's always a bad hair day when you work at a pool.
I was swimming in Miami many years ago, and stopped when my husband notified me that um, there was a severed human lower leg and foot floating in my path.
Yeah---I don't quit swimming for many reasons, but that did it.
I can't "like" that post @SydneD to acknowledge it because that's horrifying.
Thankfully I've never been swimming when the floaters have appeared. I've just been there working. Glad that part of my life is now over.
It was a bad bad thing, and then, because it was the ocean, it was gone almost as quickly before we could do anything to alert authorities. Because, um, we weren't going to touch it.
And it gets better ! ( more sarcasm font needed)
http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/body-parts-wash-ashore-next-to-rio-olympic-venue/ar-AAhMEus
BODY PARTS!! ugh ugh ugh...
We saw the body parts on the news last night. WTF.