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July 27, 2016 at
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CBS Interactive
Athletes at Rio Olympics 'will literally be swimming in human crap'
http://www.cbssports.c
Seven years ago the Rio de Janeiro government promised to clean up the water before the 2016 Olympics.
Not only did they fail to clean it up -- it has actually gotten worse.
According to the New York Times, recent tests by government and independent scientists have found the city's waters to be full of diarrhea-causing rotaviruses and drug-resistant "super bacteria," among other pathogens.
This is the same water in which Olympians will sail, windsurf and -- yes -- swim starting on Aug. 5.
"Foreign athletes will literally be swimming in human crap, and they risk getting sick from all those microorganisms," local pediatrician Dr. Daniel Becker told the Times. "It's sad, but also worrisome."
http://www.cbssports.c
Seven years ago the Rio de Janeiro government promised to clean up the water before the 2016 Olympics.
Not only did they fail to clean it up -- it has actually gotten worse.
According to the New York Times, recent tests by government and independent scientists have found the city's waters to be full of diarrhea-causing rotaviruses and drug-resistant "super bacteria," among other pathogens.
This is the same water in which Olympians will sail, windsurf and -- yes -- swim starting on Aug. 5.
"Foreign athletes will literally be swimming in human crap, and they risk getting sick from all those microorganisms," local pediatrician Dr. Daniel Becker told the Times. "It's sad, but also worrisome."
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And one of the cyclists had a really scary crash, they're still doing tests but she has a severe concussion and three fractured vertebrae. Both the male and female cyclists have been complaining that the course isn't safe, due to a lack of furniture* on the most dangerous bits of the track.
*Furniture: For cycling is the padding, barriers, etc. that should be there to protect the cyclists from serious injury or death on the bad corners. This particular corner caused serious injuries to several of the top riders, both men and women.
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professionalism at its finest. lol.
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