AOC believe they have done rest of the world’s athletes a favour by complaining about Rio Olympic village
AUSTRALIA’s Olympic staff grabbed brushes and bleach and took matters into their own hands as a hornet’s netted stirred in Rio on Monday.
AUSTRALIA’s Olympic staff grabbed brushes and bleach and took matters into their own hands as a hornet’s netted stirred in Rio on Monday.
Australia have been tagged the pot-stirrers of the Olympics after complaining about the unprepared state of the Games village including exposed wires, leaking roofs, toilets that don’t flush and dimly lit stairs.
But while copping criticism for their stance they remain adamant they have done themselves — and the rest of the world — a favour.
“We had spoken to them many times but nothing was happening,’’ an AOC spokesman said.
“Suddenly there is progress. We did stress tests the other night and there was water leakages and things were just not right. Now they are doing them right through the village.
“It was not an attack on Brazil. It was just to safeguard our athletes.’’
Rather than wait for village cleaners to do their room — more than 1000 have been dispatched in the past two days — Australia’s medical staff grabbed brushes and bleach and cleaned their own medical rooms.
Australia’s stance saw another blow-up with Brazil’s mayor Eduardo Paes, who suggested he “almost felt like putting a kangaroo in front of their building to make them feel at home.’’
Australia’s chef de mission responded by saying she would rather have a plumber.
“I’m confident that there’s been a lot of work today and there’ll be a lot of work going into the night,” Chiller said.
“At the moment, we’ve done a diagnostic (test) on every plug in every bathroom and every kitchen and now it’s a matter of going around and fixing those ones that are leaking.
“Other countries had similar issues to the same extent a few days ago, and they turned it around in 24 to 48 hours.
“I’m hoping by this time tomorrow that we’ve really broken the back of it and then we can get some good solid cleaning crew through and hopefully we’ll be able to move in on Wednesday (Rio time). That’s the plan.”
Big name athletes have mixed views on whether they will stay in the village.
Tennis stars Novak Djokovic and Rafael Nadal say they enjoy village life and will stay there while Andy Murray has opted to stay in private apartments with the rest of the Great Britain team.
Murray enjoyed staying in the village in Beijing but felt his tennis suffered so he stayed away and played better in London in 2012.
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