The Toilets in Rio’s Olympic Village Failed a Stress Test

TheRio Olympics is just a couple of days away and the influx of athletes into Rio de Janeiro has already begun. On Sunday, a “small fire” broke out where the Dutch team is supposed to stay, and Australian team officials found their quarters uninhabitable when their building failed a stress test.

Numerous safety concerns have been raised ahead of the start of the Olympics, including the threat of worldwide terrorism and high crime levels in the host city.

Chiller said she was thankful for the work done by Paes and the local organizing committee to ensure that the issues were resolved quickly.

Chiller initially responded that the team would prefer proper plumbing than the gesture, but said the next day they would love to take the mayor up on his offer, and will be presenting him with a gift when receiving the keys to their building.

The athletes, who were welcomed at the specially constructed Olympic village, have been provided the very best at the facility, which can house 11,000 athletes and 6,000 coaches, including everything from swimming pools, tennis courts and bike lanes.

“There has been enormous progress made in the past 24 hours”, said Kitty Chiller, leader of the Australian team.

“Every Olympic Village, because of its magnitude, needs some adjustments until it becomes flawless. We are renting a number of apartments outside the villa and we will move the technical personnel and staff to privilege our athletes, so we can guarantee proper accommodations for our team”, he said. Outlet G1 reported that Swedish athletes took a taxi to hotels after seeing the lack of cleanliness in their village accommodations.

“The complaints were not against Brazil, were not against Rio or the people of Rio”, she said.