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  • Olympians Will Have To Swim Through Shit – Rio Can’t Clean Up Raw Sewerage In Time

    25 Mar 2015 by Kiernan in Olympic Games, Sport, Vibe
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    Making it to the Olympics, let alone winning a medal, is an amazing feat in itself and should be heartily applauded. Well done athletes, now for the small matter of making it through Rio’s shit-filled bays and you’re on your way to gold.

    Yes, Rio mayor Eduardo Paes admitted this week that certain athletes will have to put up with competing in amongst the city’s raw sewerage. This from Gawker:

    A helicopter ride Monday organized by biologist and environmental activist Mario Moscatelli illustrated the extent of the problem, revealing household trash floating throughout the entire bay, including within lanes for the Olympic sailing competition.

    Heavy rains in Rio over the weekend exacerbated the problem. Each time the tropical city sees heavy rains, the amount of raw sewage emanating from the city’s more than 1,000 “favela” slums spikes and huge amounts of trash are flushed off the streets and into area waterways.

    Well that’s just grand. I suppose it can’t be worse than the fiasco that was Sochi (HERE and HERE), when the biggest piece of turd floating around was Vladimir Putin.

    [source:gawker]

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