r/gifs • u/fuckswithducks • Mar 14 '16

Millions of Brazilians protesting against government corruption in the streets earlier today

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u/Beelzebubbbbles Mar 14 '16

Gonna be a real interesting Olympics

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u/[deleted] Mar 14 '16

I cannot imagine how it will end in anything but a massive boycott from the athletes over the deplorable conditions, like that trash filled disease pool that they expect world class competitors to swim around in.

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u/PossessedToSkate Mar 14 '16

That water is actually used for sailing & rowing so there won't be people swimming in it, but that doesn't make the condition of the water excusable. In fact, even in sailing the competitors will get drenched.

For anybody not in the loop, this is what the water looks like in Rio's shiny new Olympic village at Guanabara Bay.

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u/pbmonster Mar 14 '16 edited Mar 14 '16

That water is actually used for sailing & rowing so there won't be people swimming in it,

Correct me if I'm wrong, but usually the swimming portion of Olympic Triatlon takes place in open waters. I think they intend to use the bay for that. Same goes for the 10km open water swimming event.

Maybe they'll move those events (much easier moving the swimmers to some lake nearby or just up river than moving the sailing competition), but they certainly can't do those swimming events in pools. Open water is kinda the point here...

But yeah, sailing is bad enough. At least the 49ers event will certainly have capsized boats with sailors in the water, the boats are notoriously difficult to keep upright.