Rio de Janeiro: 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 yesterday.
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The Australian Olympic Committee says it is preparing to move its athletes into hotels until issues including leaking pipes, blocked toilets and showers, and flooding were fixed. The Olympics will take place from August 5 to August 21.
“In operations areas water has come through the ceiling resulting in large puddles on the floor around cabling and wiring”.
The Australian officials said they have raised their concerns with local organisers. “There are lights, beds, air conditioning, but we still lack a few details”, the source said on condition of anonymity. “There really are last-minute details to finish but it will be done this week”. Australia is bringing 401 athletes to Brazil, the same number as London in 2012.
The spokesperson also commented specifically on Australia’s statement, saying that the International Olympic Committee understands the boycotting of their facilities is a “temporary measure”, and that “Australia still expects that its accommodation will be delivered to an appropriate standard in the coming days, which will allow them to move their athletes into their Games time residences”. It was reported that Olympic Village, where the athletes stay during the games, will be stocked with 450,000 condoms.
File photo of a room in the Olympic village.
The village is located around 1.5 kilometres from the Olympic Park, where the majority of venues are located, in the upmarket district of Barra, in the west of the Brazilian metropolis. For those athletes arriving in the next three days we have made alternative accommodation arrangements.
There is some controversy surrounding the 2016 Rio Olympics this year, but it looks like the event has already broken a record. “We’re pleased to say that thanks to good planning from the New Zealand team, strong relationships and a bit of hard work, we’re ready for the first athletes to arrive today”.
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