Rio de Janeiro, Aug 2 (IANS) The American National Basketball League stars who will play at the Olympics will not be housed in the Games Village, like other athletes, but rather on board a luxury cruise ship that docked on the weekend at the city’s port here.
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The AP’s survey of the aquatic Olympic and Paralympic venues has revealed consistent and dangerously high levels of viruses from the pollution, a major black eye on Rio’s Olympic project that has set off alarm bells among sailors, rowers and open-water swimmers.
Crime is rife in the city and more than 85,000 security personnel will be deployed to make sure athletes and visitors enjoy the Games in safety.
U.S. health officials have concluded that infections by the mosquito-borne Zika virus in pregnant women can cause microcephaly, a birth defect marked by small head size that can lead to severe developmental problems in babies. And the AP investigation found that infectious adenovirus readings – tested with cell cultures and verified with molecular biology protocols – turned up at almost 90 percent of the test sites over 16 months of testing.
Rio’s revitalised port is considered to be one of the main Olympic legacies and will attract thousands of tourists because of the enormous screens that have been installed there on which people will be able to watch various competitions and other types of entertainment associated with the 2016 Games.
Danger lurks even in the sand.
She said she was luckier than many.
“It has been a long and testing journey to get to this point”, Bach said.
Though athletes take precautions, what about the 300,000 to 500,000 foreigners expected to descend on Rio for the Olympics?
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Some of the additional officers come from the administrative side of the force, he said, meaning they normally have desk jobs.
