2016 Summer Olympics: Rio preparations are 'worst' ever, says IOC VP

[Moss]

at what point does it become a liter of adenoviruses and not a liter of water

[Ratatapa]

You should make a new thread. It'll be relevant 7 years from now and if we're all still posting on BG we can complain about a 7 year old thread while we sit in the old folks home.

I'm sorry that you're in your 60-70's already

[Alvinho]

Stay out of Brazil, for your own safety.

You have been warned.

Fun fact: We actually refer to the Rodrigo de Freitas body of water as a "lagoon", and not a "lake".

[BadKarma]

Holy shit. Almost literally.

Buy your preparation H stock now boys

[Anoat]

Jesus. I wonder how many national teams would actually boycott and sit out these conditions for the safety of their athletes?

[Serra]

Don't wanna make a new thread but Beijing chosen to host 2022 Winter olympics

http://i.kinja-img.com/gawker-media/...8146198120.jpg

This is the mountain which will host the ski courses. Taken in January..
http://gizmodo.com/heres-the-2022-wi...-of-1721529580

[Roranora]

Junior rowers fall ill in Olympic waters.

http://america.aljazeera.com/article...in-brazil.html

The Americans were by far the hardest hit at the regatta that concluded over the weekend, with reports of vomiting and diarrhea. Other teams in the competition also reported some illnesses, according to World Rowing, the sport's governing body.

Dr. Kathryn Ackerman, the U.S. team physician, said athletes from several other countries stayed in the same hotel as the Americans, but did not seem to get as sick as her rowers.

"I don't know if it was the water bottles in the boats, or hygiene precautions that some athletes are really good about and others weren't," she said.

Officials did not rule out that the Americans could have gotten ill from food or drinking water.

"We're not really sure. My personal feeling is, I think it's from the lake," Ackerman said.

Francia said the U.S. team had taken precautions about competing in the polluted lake beneath Rio's picturesque Christ the Redeemer statue, "but maybe we were not as strict in enforcing them as we should have been from the beginning."

"As soon as kids started going down, we were bleaching oar handles, we were immediately washing hands after coming off the water," she said. "Other countries didn't allow water bottles at all. Other countries had water bottles in zip-locked bags."

U.S. Rowing said it is investigating what sickened the athletes, who range in age from 16-19. None are likely to be Olympians next year.

[Serra]

http://espn.go.com/espn/feature/stor...rio-de-janiero

[Salodin]

I'm more concerned about the possibility of Zika infection than some poop hitting our Olympians, even though the health risks are just as high for the latter. Such a devastating virus infecting thousands if not millions, and then for those people to go home to their respective countries? This is how a zombie apocalypse starts >_<

[Serra]

This just in: Russia cheated.

According to a whistleblower, officials, including those from Russia’s intelligence agency, cooked up a drug cocktail to dope dozens of athletes, then surreptitiously swapped out their urine samples in the dead of night, before they could be tested.

http://deadspin.com/report-russian-o...-im-1776292302

[Alvinho]

Last warning: Don't come.

Seriously, please don't.

In other news, 16yo gangraped by 33 men yesterday.

Do not come.

[6souls]

Last warning: Don't come.

Seriously, please don't.

In other news, 16yo gangraped by 33 men yesterday.

Do not come.

http://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-36395267

[Bregor]

Last warning: Don't come.

Seriously, please don't.

In other news, 16yo gangraped by 33 men yesterday.

Do not come.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/...ticle30178544/

Jesus Christ.

E: AH GODDAMN IT I GOT 6SOULS'D

[Roranora]

Australian paralympian and sailor robbed at gunpoint in Rio. Not an isolated incident; they will have a good take by end of August.

[Cail]

This just in: Russia cheated.


http://deadspin.com/report-russian-o...-im-1776292302

Iirc, the Russian track team is now banned fromthe Rio Olympics

[Serra]

Did they decide if they were going to let them compete as unaffiliated athletes?

[Cutriss]

Did they decide if they were going to let them compete as unaffiliated athletes?

They did, and yes.

[Alvinho]

BTW:

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...-Olympics.html

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-n...l-brit-8234930

http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/pa...ital-6wkwtv3pw

https://www.yahoo.com/news/gunmen-st...152949296.html

All related to the same incident; just using extra sauce.

[Anoat]

Well this can't be a good omen https://www.yahoo.com/sports/news/am...8528--oly.html

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - A jaguar featured at an Olympic torch ceremony was shot dead by a soldier shortly after the event in the Brazilian Amazon city of Manaus as the animal escaped from its handlers, an army statement said.

The jaguar was killed on Monday at a zoo attached to a military training center when a soldier fired a single pistol shot after the animal, despite being tranquilized, approached the soldier, the army said.

“We made a mistake in permitting the Olympic torch, a symbol of peace and unity, to be exhibited alongside a chained wild animal. This image goes against our beliefs and our values,” the local organizing committee Rio 2016 said in a statement, adding: "We guarantee that there will be no more such incidents at Rio 2016.”

A smiling yellow jaguar known as Ginga is the mascot of the Brazilian Olympic team.

The shooting caused uproar among animal rights groups, which questioned why the animal was involved in the Olympic event.

"When will people (and institutions) stop with this sick need to show power and control by confining, taming and showcasing wild animals?" the Rio de Janeiro-based animal rights group Animal Freedom Union said on its Facebook page.

The jaguar is a nearly threatened species that has already been wiped out in Uruguay and El Salvador, according to the International Union for Conservation of Nature.

The use of Juma, as the jaguar was known, at the event was illegal, according to Ipaam, the Amazonas state government environmental authority that oversees the use of wild animals.

"No request was made to authorize the participation of the jaguar "Juma" in the event of the Olympic torch," Ipaam said in a statement.

Ipaam said it is investigating the incident.

(This article has corrected the headline to clarify that jaguar was shot after the torch ceremony, not at the ceremony)

(Reporting by Stephen Eisenhammer; Editing by Dan Grebler)

[Roranora]

I think these games might be a disaster. Either way, Rio will be a shit hole - more than usual - by September. Do keep us posted Alvinho