It hasn't even been a year since the Rio Olympics and it's sporting venues and Olympic villages are crumbling.
Brazil was already massively in debt before the games and many people didn't think they could or should afford the massive new debt that has become of hosting the Olympic Games.
What was once a proud occasion and an advert to the world for the host cities is now being avoided like the Zika plaugue. Nobody wants the cost that is hosting the games. Security alone cost 2 billion dollars!
Brazil built baseball fields and golf courses that now sit unused decaying. People in Brazil just aren't interested in those sports, soccer, or football as most call it, is king.
Many venues have already been looted for anything of value and vandalized. Below is a picture of inside of Maracana stadium. Wires have been stripped out of the walls and seats torn up from the stands
Brazil's government officials are well known for being corrupt and violence and poverty is everyday life for the citizens of one of the most populous countries on the planet.
4 of the officials responsible for organizing the Rio games have been jailed for taking bribes from contractors.
Here's a few more pics of some of the venue's..
The pool is filled with rust, flies and garbage. Remember it hasn't even been a year since this place hosted the world's best athletes..
Even the main soccer stadium is in disrepair, the concourse has been looted and vandalized. Even the pitch is drying out, full of ruts and holes
Before the games began there was concern about the polluted water. The kayakers and swimmers were told not to swallow the water or train too long in it before the actual events that they were competing in would start.
Some effort was made to clean it up but it was still disease laden. Very sad state of affairs. Poor locals were forced to uproot thier shanty homes and moved out to make room for the village. Giant concrete walls were erected that led from the airport to the village so visitors wouldn't see the slums and the actual way people in most of Brazil live.
It's disheartening to think the poor citizens of Brazil that were already struggling to get by are now stuck with paying the extra 40 billion dollars that hosting these games has left them. Most of the infrastructure that was built is already crumbling and it will either be taken back by nature of be torn down at more cost to the tax paying people