The brand new complex of residential towers are where almost 11,000 athletes and some 6,000 coaches and ot.
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A general of the main dinning room at the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, July 23, 2016. The brand new complex of residential towers are where almost 11,000 athletes and some 6,000 coaches and other handlers.
The Australian team will not move into the Olympic Village for next month’s Rio de Janeiro Games because of problems including “blocked toilets, leaking pipes and exposed wiring”, the head of the country’s delegation Kitty Chiller said on Sunday.
The Australian Olympic Committee said in a statement Sunday that its athletes are staying in hotels rather than the village due to the condition of the official accommodation. She gave no hint of when they might.
It was not clear how many athletes were housed in the village on Sunday.
Chiller and Australian team spokesman Mike Tancred described a wide array of plumbing, electrical and cleaning issues at the Village.
We are not alone, our friends from Team GB, New Zealand and others are experiencing the same problems in their accommodation. We’ve got cleaning problems.
“There are lights, beds, air conditioning, but we still lack a few details”, an unnamed official told Reuters.
Last night (Saturday), we made a decision to do a “stress test” where taps and toilets were simultaneously turned on in apartments on several floors to see if the system could cope once the athletes are in-house.
Some Village apartments had water running down the walls and “a strong smell of gas”, while stairwells were unlit and floors were in need of a thorough clean, she said.
“We were due to move into the village on July 21 but we have been living in nearby hotels, because the village is simply not safe or ready”.
“There are some electrical issues and some leaks”, he said, noting that a team of about 500 workers is now addressing the problems.
Italian team leader Carlo Mornati said his national Olympic committee, CONI, had been hiring workmen to carry out repairs for days.
With 263 men on the squad, it’s just the second time that the United States will send more women than men to the Olympics after fielding a team of 269 women and 261 men in London four years ago.
Britain said in a statement that it had found “some maintenance difficulties”.
“This is one of the most handsome villages I’ve ever been in”, she said. It said fixing the problem “will take another few days”.
Rio organizers said despite the problems “a few hundred delegation members are moving in today as planned”.
Local reports said about 5 percent of the 3,600 apartments had gas, water and electrical faults, and some were without toilet fixtures.
We have raised our concerns on a daily basis with the Organising Committee and the IOC, especially at the daily Chef’s meeting.
The 31-building compound contains tennis courts, soccer fields, seven swimming pools – with mountains and the sea as a backdrop – topped off by a massive dining-kitchen area that’s as large as three football fields.
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Team USA also will look to continue its storybook history in beach volleyball with Americans having reached the top of the podium at every Olympic Games since the sport was added in 1996. The development cost about $1.5 billion, built by Brazilian billionaire Carlos Carvalho.
