Plenty has been written about Olympians preparing to compete in the sewage-filled water of Rio de Janeiro, following an opening ceremony that was heavy on climate change sermonizing. For weeks the press has warned that the Olympic Village isn’t fit for occupancy, and now that the athletes have moved in (and the media as well), first-hand reports are verifying that claim.
Australian basketball player Andrew Bogut kicked things off with the #IOCLuxuryAccomodations hashtag, which promises to be the tag to follow for the most entertaining Olympic coverage.
In the OLY village. Upon first looks its only fitting I will be posting pics with the hashtag #IOCLuxuryLodging #rio2016
— Andrew Bogut (@andrewbogut) August 2, 2016
#IOCLuxuryLodging. Putting together a shower curtain so we can shower and not flood the place. pic.twitter.com/omaBJ7Dlje
— Andrew Bogut (@andrewbogut) August 2, 2016
I can't believe Olympians are sleeping in single beds. The airplane would've been more comfortable. How do the ballers fit @andrewbogut ?
— Daniel Shandler (@dshandler1) August 2, 2016
At #IOCLuxuryLodging we believe a bed is not vital for sleep. Fine tuned athletes can sleep standing up. https://t.co/FcsEAf33Sm
— Andrew Bogut (@andrewbogut) August 2, 2016
lights in our bathroom would be a nice addition. Luckily we have our #SamsungS7 to light the place! #IOCLuxuryLodging
— Georgie Parker (@georgieparker) August 2, 2016
If @andrewbogut was unhappy with the shower curtain situation, wonder what he thought about no hot water this morning! #IOCLuxuryLodging
— Patrick Stack (@patstackmedia) August 2, 2016
Probs with media village:
Broken beds
Bugs
Keys don't work
Safes don't work
Share a 3 bdrm apartment w/ 5 ppl (random ppl) #IOCluxurylodging— Anna Joy Batchelor (@The_Anna_Joy) August 6, 2016
Probs w/ media village (cont.)
AC doesn't work
Dirty rooms
Blood on the beds
Missing beds
Cracks in walls
No hot water #IOCluxurylodging— Anna Joy Batchelor (@The_Anna_Joy) August 6, 2016
All that aside, how do you like your room?
Village update: an hour later the room is "clean", keys don't work, safe doesn't work, but hey at least we all have beds. #IOCluxurylodging
— Avery Franklin (@averyefranklin) August 6, 2016
@andrewbogut since ur the resident handyman, can you come hang my window curtain? #IOCLuxuryLodging pic.twitter.com/R29v1ztOYS
— John Nunn (@johnnywalker04) August 3, 2016
There looks to be a lot of DIY projects to keep the athletes busy while they’re not competing.
#IOCLuxuryLodging #DIY
Indian athletes in Rio purchasing TVs, furniturehttps://t.co/7iOo8zE10h— Vinodh Soundarajan (@vsoundar) August 4, 2016
Marketing Fail: IKEA not handing each athlete furniture kits for their #IOCLuxuryLodging's in #OpeningCeremony parade.
— John Richards (@John__Richards) August 6, 2016
The Chinese have managed to keep almost everything together with lots of tape.
God helps those who help themselves. #TeamChina table tennis players fix the problems at the Olympic villagehttps://t.co/3D1GetO82E
— Xinhua Sports (@XHSports) July 30, 2016
Tape is something atheltes can't neglect in #Rio2016 campaign. It can do you good in lots of ways at Olympic village pic.twitter.com/T4HHtbkmNW
— Xinhua Sports (@XHSports) July 30, 2016
Watch out while washing in bathroom at the #Rio2016 Media Village. The washbasin may fall down & so does the mirror pic.twitter.com/VbplO2Fo6d
— Xinhua Sports (@XHSports) August 3, 2016
The good news: no one was hurt when the Australians were evacuated due to a fire. The bad news: someone stole their laptops.
Australian athletes evacuated their Olympic Village due to a fire after the alarms didn't go off: https://t.co/Pkzo0Up5cX
— Us Weekly (@usweekly) July 30, 2016
Australian athletes’ laptops stolen during Olympic village fire, reports say #RoadToRio https://t.co/Xg3gOyne5y pic.twitter.com/p9MNRNvL4A
— NBC Sports (@NBCSports) July 31, 2016
I think #IOCLuxuryLodging is going to be the hashtag of the Games.
— Paul (@Crimson_Peej) August 2, 2016
Camping… It's a lot like #IOCLuxuryLodging but without the high-rise fire danger.
— John Richards (@John__Richards) August 2, 2016
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