The Stunning Unfavourable Venue
by: Aditya K XA

The Olympics 2016 which is being held in Rio, Brazil has had an initial controversial opinion from the public, health officials and athletes. These include, quality and completion of the Olympics Village, Zika Virus and crime levels.  

The Brazilians had fought hard for the Olympics to halt due to the country’s economic crisis which had led the government to announce a

state of emergency. This has been the main reason due to which the completion and quality of Olympic Arenas and Village. Lack of basic

amenities such as chairs, couches or TVs in the rooms is the main point of criticising ; the Indian hockey team posted pictures of themselves shifting furniture into their quarters which was given to them by the Indian diplomat.

A number of maids and workers of the Olympic Village have been accused of stealing money and electronics from the rooms while players are at the games. This issue has been first brought up by the Poland Team.  Olympic arenas have also been criticised on, to an extent,  due to the shoddy quality of spectator stands and uncompleted sections in outdoor stadiums. Unfortunately the loss of a large number of Russian atheletes had made the Village look empty.

The Zika virus, which is widespread in the region, causing severe defects in newborn babies, had more than 200 academics and medical specialists call on the World Health Organisation to have the Rio Games cancelled. Zika prompted a handful of athletes including South African golfers, to pull out of the games (prompting champion swimmer Chad le Clos could join the golf team once the swimming was done).

The city has cut the amount of untreated sewage and industrial waste flowing into the bay, but not by nearly as much as it had promised. This is a problem for the sailors and marathon swimmers as they have to either swim or sail in water which has all trash, pollution and dead bodies of marine life.

Citizens are not particularly enamoured of the games, with one recent poll registering a 50% "no" vote against Rio’s hosting of it, and protests marking the arrival of the Olympic torch. Many civilians have also protested and formed petitions for months before inauguration of the games.