The Villa will house the athletes that will compete in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro opened today and began to receive the first competitors, although he earned harsh criticism of the Australian delegation, considered the "uninhabitable" apartments.
The Australians refused for the moment to settle in the village after a piece of equipment problems detected electricity, water and gas and "very dirty" on the premises, according to the head of the delegation, Kittyv Chiller.
The mayor of Rio de Janeiro, Eduardo Paes, stoked the controversy after declaring, jokingly, that would put some kangaroos in facilities that Australians feel at home.
The Australian Olympic Committee refuted the statements of Paes and said that the delegation does not need babysitters "but a plumber to solve pools" that found "inside the apartments."
The 'mayor' of the town, the exjugadora of Brazilian basketball team Janeth said the facilities "are still not hundred percent" but hoped that everything will be "resolved" in the coming days.
"Claims are normal. The first day you arrive always find some problems. That happens in all great works, even indoors," said Janeth, silver medal at the 1996 Atlanta Games and bronze in Sydney 2000.
After the incident, the Olympic Committee of Rio de Janeiro hired 500 officials against time to solve the problems identified so far.
The head of the mission of the Australian delegation said that the detected flaws "are serious", but hoped that athletes can be installed next Wednesday.
"In all the Olympic will have problems, but the problems really worried us today. It was a safety issue. The rooms had hydraulic problems in the system of gas and water. The combination could be dangerous," he said.
Some of the delegations that have already begun to settle in the Olympic village, besides Brazil, are from Italy , Germany and Canada , although it is expected that the number of athletes from other countries will increase in the coming days.
The condominium, consisting of 31 buildings and large green areas, courts for different sports and commercial, is in the neighborhood Barra de Tijuca, about three kilometers from the Olympic Park.
The Villa was built without public funds by companies that were awarded the rights to erect buildings higher than allowed in that area and then sell 3,604 apartments, but so far only been sold just over 250.
The IOC has the right to manage and operate until after the Paralympics.
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