In order to avoid punishments including getting keelhauled in the toxic sludge of Rio de Janeiro’s Guanabara Bay, Olympic athletes have spent the last few weeks getting all their social media thanks and acknowledgements to non-Olympic sponsors out of the way before the blackout period begins.
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Australian Olympic team members were forced to evacuate their lodgings on Friday at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after a small fire in a basement parking area caused smoke to fill the stairwells.
“All athletes were safely evacuated and are now back in the building”.
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Luiz Ernesto Magalhaes of O Globo newspaper wrote: “I can say that it was easy to approach places that are supposed to be very well guarded, like electrical generators”.
Australia finally moved staff and athletes into the village on Wednesday, three days after the official opening on Sunday.
Australian committee spokesman Mike Tancred was not having it.
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The fire will once again draw attention to Rio’s spotty preparations, which have been marred by the Zika virus, severe water pollution, crime, and slow ticket sales. The Australian team initially refused to move into its Village accommodations last weekend, citing shoddy conditions, including blocked toilets and risky wiring.
