RIO 2016: LAMENT OVER INCOMPLETE ATHLETES’ VILLAGE

1 FAILED STRESS TEST

The Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro flunked a stress test conducted by the Australian Olympic Committee, which found uninhabitable conditions. The AOC encountered plumbing and electrical issues that included “blocked toilets, leaking pipes, exposed wiring, darkened stairwells where no lighting has been installed and dirty floors in need of a massive clean.”

2 UNFINISHED CONSTRUCTION

This comes as the sprawling 31-building village, which will house 18,000 athletes and officials at the height of the games, opened officially on Sunday with some athletes expected to arrive.

3 FINDING NEW DIGS

Kitty Chiller, the head of the Australian delegation, said in a statement Sunday that team members “will not move into our allocated building” at the Athletes’ Village. She gave no hint of when they might. Teams from Britain and New Zealand were also reported to be having similar problems.

4 EMERGENCY TALKS

The International Olympic Committee and local organizers held emergency talks Sunday and met with the heads of several teams. In a statement, the IOC said athletes with unfinished rooms would “be placed in the best available accommodation in other buildings.” It said fixing the problem “will take another few days.”

5 IT TAKES A VILLAGE

The 3,600 apartments are to be sold after the Olympics with some prices reaching $700,000. The development costs about $1.5 billion, built by the Brazilian billionaire Carlos Carvalho.