Fast forward two years to the 2016 Rio Olympics, and things weren’t much better. The games themselves were shrouded in controversies of corruption and bribery from the Brazilian government, and life in the Olympic Village wasn’t much better. Accommodations smelled like gas, but officials claimed it was completely normal – which is the most on-the-nose version of gaslighting imaginable. The Jamaican team arrived at their rooms to find that they weren’t even finished. An eventual silver medalist in tennis, Juan Martin del Potro, was stuck in an elevator for 40 minutes. This is exactly what you want to have happen before taking on Novak Djokovic!
These are just a few of the examples out there, but Olympic Villages are the schadenfreude gifts that keep on giving. The problems also speak to a bigger issue at play with Olympic facilities. They are often incredibly costly, constructed in a rushed, half-baked way, and once the games are over, many of these facilities are simply abandoned.
But hey, maybe cardboard beds are the worst parts of the Tokyo Olympic Village, and athletes will be able to rest with drinkable water and no smells of gasoline. They’re already participating in the Olympics during a pandemic; they deserve decent lodging at least.
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