Athletes Share Horror Stories Of The Games Village, And Rio Seems To Be In Trouble

By YKA Staff:

The 2016 Summer Olympics at Rio de Janeiro is finally here! Starting August 5, this 17-day annual event will see the participation of 10,500 athletes from 205 countries.

Baggage, however, is not in short. Rio has the unique situation of having to deal with multiple corruption scandals, a frightening disease outbreak (rhymes with Mika) and athlete doping issues. If the Commonwealth Games 2010 held in Delhi is anything to go by, us Indians are pretty used to this kind of drama (shoddy infrastructure, corruption etc.).

Right now, many Olympians in Rio’s Games Village seem to be going through a rough patch themselves. It may not be too important that many of them have to metaphorically lose sleep over disgusting water coming out of their restrooms and then literally lose sleep over resting in excruciatingly small single beds. They are only preparing for the biggest moment in their professional lives. Only.

Many have shared their concerns on Twitter using the hashtags #RioProblems and #IOCLuxuryLodging. Here are some of the highlights:

Heads up!

Rio 2016: A DIY Olympic event this time?

https://twitter.com/andrewbogut/status/760306520039026688

Correction: Do It Yourself because “We ain’t doing it for you”

‘Lights Out’ – Rio Edition

Let’s hope the high jump event doesn’t look anything like this

Officials can fix it, once they are able to enter

Sand is good, rust is better.

Not like they can eat their troubles away