A day after the Australian Olympic delegation refused to move into the apartment complex in western Rio, Brazilian organizing committee spokesman Mario Andrada promised a solution.
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Rio spokesman Mario Andrada said 630 people are “working around the clock” so the village’s 3,600 apartments can be ready on Thursday, barely a week before the Olympics open on August 5.
“It’s important to understand the low degree of risk posed by the Olympics in the scheme of many other factors contributing to global Zika virus spread”, said Joseph Lewnard, a doctoral candidate at the public health school and the paper’s lead author.
Two members of the Australian Paralympic team were robbed.
Every host nation has dealt with its own series of problems throughout the history of the Olympic Games.
Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes took a shot at the Australians at the opening on Sunday.
The 31-building village is expected to house 18,000 athletes and officials at the height of the games. It complained about poor security and water dripping down the walls.
Chiller said three of the floors were complete as of 3pm on Monday Brazil time.
It follows similar complaints made by Australia chef de mission Kitty Chiller on Monday. “It’s been fair to say there has been more work than we anticipated with the building. but we’ve got it to a space now that it will be just fine for athletes when they turn up”.
She explained she had ‘a date with the Mayor on Wednesday and he will hand over the keys and we have a present for him and I look forward to meeting him’.
Although several delegations have already expressed satisfaction with their residence, reports emerged Monday of fresh grumbling.
The Argentinian Olympic Committee (COA) expressed concern over two of the five storeys reserved for their team in the suburb of Barra, citing problems with electricity, plumbing and finishing.
“Among these unfinished areas are also a few apartments in block 20, the one to be used by Italy, and where manual workers, electricians, plumbers and bricklayers – hired by CONI officials there as a matter of urgency – have been working over the past few days so that the athletes’ accommodation can be brought up to normal conditions as soon as possible”, he said in a statement.
“We are very grateful that the AOC took the step to make sure that safety was the number one issue for us so when we do finally come it to the Village we have no worries or concerns about that”.
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“We got to look around the outside of the Village today and I couldn’t keep the smile off my face it looks fantastic”, boxer Shelley Watts said.
