The Official 2016 Olympics thread: Medals Are For the Elite but Zika is For Everybody

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Olympic Athletes Complain About Shoddy Living Conditions in Rio


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The toughest part of the Rio Olympics may not be the competition – it's trying to take a shower.

Athletes and journalists who have already arrived in Brazil were quick to share their concerns about the questionable lodgings, with problems ranging from collapsed sinks and flooding to no electricity in the rooms.

Australia's Olympic team leader made headlines for keeping their 700 athletes and staff out of the Athletes Village for at least two days due to electrical and plumbing problems.

"Electricity and water is not a good combination," Kitty Chiller told reporters Sunday, when the village was set to be opened for athletes, according to the Associated Press.


When the competitors were finally able to move in, they found there were still some issues.

Andrew Bogut, an Australian NBA player, took to social media to vent his frustration at the various problems he has encountered in the village, making up the ironic hashtag #IOCLuxuryLodging. In one tweet, he shares a photo of himself "putting together a shower curtain so we can shower and not flood the place."

The Dallas Mavericks center also poked fun at the small sizes of the beds, writing: "We believe a bed is not vital for sleep. Fine tuned athletes can sleep standing up."

Chinese athletes have also shared their encounters with unfinished bathrooms and poorly assembled furniture.

Team China's official Twitter account shared a video of table tennis athletes hanging a shower curtain with the caption, "God helps those who help themselves."



Team China also advised that duct tape is a handy tool in their lodgings.

"Tape is something athletes can't neglect in #Rio2016 campaign. It can do you good in lots of ways at Olympic village," captioning photos where athletes are using tape on their toilet seats, shower curtains and makeshift trash bags.

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Bogut has to be sick whenever he looks at Team USA :mjlol:

They're living on a luxury cruise ship, and he's in Section 8 housing.
 
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The Olympics Opening Ceremony may have already won a gold medal for bad taste.

A skit in which Brazilian model Gisele Bundchen appears to be robbed by a black boy will reportedly be cut from the show.

One of the performances revealed during a dress rehearsal on Sunday featured a police chase after Gisele is apparently “accosted” by the young man, the Washington Post reported Tuesday. While the scene ends on a positive note, Fernando Alvares Salis, head of the communications department at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, said it perpetuated a racist stereotype. “It’s totally unacceptable.”

The creative director, Brazilian filmmaker Fernando Meirelles, called the press’ representation of the scene a misunderstanding. He told the Post he was testing out a sketch in which a food vendor attempts to take a selfie with Gisele and security guards react. Then Gisele defends the vendor.

“It was a gag that was not funny so we cut it,” he said.

The Olympic organizing committee had told Agence France-Presse that “there is no robbery” without providing details.

While details of the ceremony were supposed to be kept under wraps at Sunday’s run-through, word quickly spread about the controversial sketch.
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