Potential Navigational Hazards For Rio Olympic Sailors; Turds, Dead Dogs, The Occasional Human Body
Olympic sailors looking to compete in the 2016 Summer Games have voiced concerns over sewage-infested waters swamped with rubbish and human waste in Rio de Janeiro's Guanabara Bay, where the Olympic sailing and windsurfing events will take place.
Athletes have described having to dodge a deluge of rubbish including floating mattresses, car tyres, submerged sofas, dog carcasses and even human corpses, as former Olympian medallist Lars Grael claimed, when sailing in the water - five years after Brazil won its Olympic bid.
The Bay was condemned as a “dump” in March by Germany’s sailing team because of the garbage-filled waters, where they questioned how the sailing regattas would be organised there.
Nico Delle Karth, an Austrian sailor told The New York Times the stench of sewage made him scared of putting his feet in it to launch his boat. “I’ve never seen anything like this before,” he said.
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