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http://www.sfgate.com/olympics/article/Rio-olympics-water-Guanabara-Bay-sewage-bacteria-8466203.php

Updated 11:44 am, Wednesday, July 27, 2016

Despite years of cleanup attempts, health experts say the waters off Rio are so disgusting, Olympic marathon swimmers, sailors and windsurfers will "literally be swimming in human crap."

A battery of tests by government and independent scientists recently revealed that seven years of cleanup attempts have done little to disinfect the petri dish of Guanabara Bay. The New York Times reports that viruses that cause diarrhea are in the waters, as well as a "superbacteria that can be fatal to people with weakened immune systems."

As a result, scientists have advised Olympians interacting with the bay to keep their mouths closed to avoid ingesting the water.

Scientists say that feces from a nearby hospital and municipal sewage plant pours into the water untreated. And if that doesn't make your lunch rise in your throat, don't forget that dead bodies — animal and human — are found floating in the bay with upsetting regularity.

"It's disgusting," Nigel Cochrane, a coach for the Spanish women's sailing team, told the Times. "We're very concerned."

This, of course, is a ongoing human health crisis for the hundreds of thousands of Brazilians who have long lived with Rio's terrible sanitation standards. A public health expert told the AP that Rio's sewage system is "comparable with London or Paris in the 14th or 15th century."

 

[Irnbru]

I'm still super stoked for the log races

 

[perfectchaos007]

Maybe those Dental Dams we always heard about in Health class could come in handy here.

 

[Jarmel]

I'm still super stoked for the log races

Which ones?

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

These gold medals are gonna be worth extra bragging rights

 

[MMarston]

KEEP YOUR MOUTHS SHUT

 

[How About No]

Not only a test of courage and strength, but a test of the immune system. Rio bringing so much to the game we've all been so blind

I'm still super stoked for the log races

That's not the log you're supposed to ride!!!

 

[tearsintherain]

Dumb question but isn't swimming done in pools and stuff? Which Olympic sports have people swimming in rivers?

 

[Veldin]

Next up: a look at the fashionable hazmat suits prepared for the triathlon

 

[Violence Jack]

Just make it mandatory at this point.

 

[diehard]

I assume IOC Interns regularly get the same advice.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Imagine training your whole life to be the best and then being told the competition will be held in poo water.

 

[Tagyhag]

Dumb question but isn't swimming done in pools and stuff? Which Olympic sports have people swimming in rivers?

Olympic marathon swimmers, sailors and windsurfers

Short-distance swimmers will be just fine in the indoor pools.

 

[TheOfficeMut]

Imagine training your whole life to be the best and then being told the competition will be held in poo water.

Can you really call yourself the best unless you compete in poo water?

Think about that for a second.

 

[Smellycat]

These gold medals are gonna be worth extra bragging rights

Winners should wear these

 

[JaseMath]

This olympics is going to be such a shit show.

EDIT:

A public health expert told the AP that Rio's sewage system is "comparable with London or Paris in the 14th or 15th century."

WHAT THE FUCK

 

[FunkyPajamas]

Short-distance swimmers will be just fine in the indoor pools.

To be honest I wouldn't trust Brazilian pools after all we've read.

Can you really call yourself the best unless you compete in poo water?

Think about that for a second.

I like this. It's like Rocky training in Russia covered in snow in Rocky 4, but with poo.

 

[Linkstrikesback]

...they should just start making a list of things that aren't a shitshow in rio. It'd be less work.

 

[Netherscourge]

When the Olympic Committee granted Brazil these Olympics, were the waters and general atmosphere of Brazil as completely fucked up as it is now?

Was this something that sprung up after the fact?

How do they not research this stuff ahead of time?

 

[tuxfool]

When the Olympic Committee granted Brazil these Olympics, were the waters and general atmosphere of Brazil as completely fucked up as it is now?

Was this something that sprung up after the fact?

How do they not research this stuff ahead of time?

money cures all ills.

 

[Count Dookkake]

Can you really call yourself the best unless you compete in poo water?

Think about that for a second.

Fair point.

This might be the first Olympics that really count.

 

[SocksAndShoes]

When the Olympic Committee granted Brazil these Olympics, were the waters and general atmosphere of Brazil as completely fucked up as it is now?

Was this something that sprung up after the fact?

How do they not research this stuff ahead of time?

They literally don't care. This is going to be a phenomenal shitshow.

 

[FunkyPajamas]

Fair point.

This might be the first Olympics that really count.

So what you're saying is shit just got real?

 

[LOLDSFAN]

😐😐😐😱😳😷

 

[Edvardelis]

When the Olympic Committee granted Brazil these Olympics, were the waters and general atmosphere of Brazil as completely fucked up as it is now?

Was this something that sprung up after the fact?

How do they not research this stuff ahead of time?

They knew. The government just made a promise that it would all be cleaned up in time. Needless to say, this has proved impossible.

 

[Servbot24]

Winners should wear these

Needs some poops in the water.

 

[atr0cious]

Found footage of the American swim team preparing for this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YW63p02uHxM

 

[Africanus]

Did that just say 14th century London water quality.

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

Fair point.

This might be the first Olympics that really count.

Someone gonna have to go put some asterisks on a bunch of Wikipedia pages of previous medalists

 

[BreezyLimbo]

Why just the mouths

Put tape over your nostrils, ears, buttholes, crotch holes, and any type of hole where fecal matter might go into

I would not swim in that water for a million dollars. Maybe I would. I dunno.

 

[MikeDown]

Good luck to hose n the triathlon
Gonna see some records broken as athletes swim to get out of the water as fast as possible

 

[Xe4]

When the Olympic Committee granted Brazil these Olympics, were the waters and general atmosphere of Brazil as completely fucked up as it is now?

Was this something that sprung up after the fact?

How do they not research this stuff ahead of time?

I'm sure a handy bribe and a promise that it would be cleaned up would do the trick.

 

[perfectchaos007]

Did that just say 14th century London water quality.

Wait....Wasn't that during the bubonic plague/black death???

What's the lifespan of a Brazilian these days?

 

[Kurtofan]

I feel bad for the triathletes.

 

[tiltnkirby]

Needs some poops in the water.

That's what I imagine the figure to be riding.

 

[Smokey_Run]

If I was an athlete with the ability to compete, I would have seriously considered staying home this time. This event sounds like a disaster at every turn with potential health risks too.

 

[Scirrocco]

Scientists say that feces from a nearby hospital

And not just poop, infected poop...

I'm really starting to worry there will be deaths.

 

[dan2026]

Is anyone actually going to compete in this olympics?

The whole thing seems like a joke.

 

[ferrasvansen]

Oh shit, sounds nasty. I certainly wouldn't like to be in that water. I can imagine a few folk might have some nasty diseases and infections in the months after the games, I'm sorry but personally there is no chance I'd go near that water not even for huge sums of money, never mind a medal.

 

[burnjanso]

Usually countries hosting an Olympic event will try to keep promises that won them the event for various reasons, but at this point I think Brazil doesn't care any more.

 

[Kid Ying]

Good luck to hose n the triathlon
Gonna see some records broken as athletes swim to get out of the water as fast as possible

Triathlon will not hold on that bay, it will be on copacaba beach. The only sport that will be hold at the bay is sailing. There will contact with water, though.

 

[Jeffrey]

I feel like Underarmor got a new product to R&D and sell asap.

 

[Dynamite Shikoku]

Maybe they can make a new event: who can stay out of hospital the longest.to go with who can get robbed the most times

 

[RoslindaleOne]

From my experience in swimming in ocean water is that it's hard not to get water in your mouth. Thanks to waves.

 

[vpance]

Sounds more like Fear Factor than the Olympics.

 

[NHarmonic.]

They shouldn't compete in this conditions, wtf...

 

[EstoyBlackWaldo]

How does this even happen? Why is this even happening? I googled photos of their waters, its atrocious.

http://www.businessinsider.com/rio-lake-bay-fish-die-off-2016-olympics-2015-4



From 2015 but still...

 

[tedrotheredro]

While you're competing in intense physical activity against the best athletes in the world, please close your mouth.

 

[Clydefrog]

"Whatever doesn't kill me makes me stronger!"

Here lies Clydefrog, RIP

 

[parrotbeak]

How does this even happen? Why is this even happening? I googled photos of their waters, its atrocious.

http://www.businessinsider.com/rio-lake-bay-fish-die-off-2016-olympics-2015-4

Athletes are still training in the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon.

That's going to be quite a home field advantage...