The Olympic accommodation for athletes has blocked toilets, leaking pipes, and water coming down the walls, according to the Australian team.
The chef de mission for the Australian Olympic Team, Kitty Chiller, announced Sunday that her team would not be staying in Rio de Janeiro's village for Olympic athletes due to many serious issues with the facilities.
One of the units within the Olympic and Paralympic Village for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
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The village will host up to 17,200 people, including athletes and team officials, during the Games and up to 6,000 during the Paralympic Games.
Teams began to arrive at Rio's Village on July 22 and will continue to arrive all this week, ahead of the Olympics, which begin on August 5.
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Last night (Saturday), we decided to do a "stress test" where taps and toilets were simultaneously turned on in apartments on several floors to see if the system could cope once the athletes are in-house.
The system failed. Water came down walls, there was a strong smell of gas in some apartments and there was shorting in the electrical wiring.
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