Rio Olympics venues abandoned and in disrepair while Maracana Stadium power is off because nobody can pay the bills
SHOCKING photos show Olympic venues abandoned and in utter disreapir just six months after the Rio Games.
Seats are strewn all around the Maracana Stadium where the power has been turned off because no-one can pay the energy bills.
Sewage and faeces flow throw the Rio slums despite promises of a clean-up before last summer's Olympics.
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And a golf course that drew outrage as it was built in a national wildlife reserve is, like so many other places, deserted and dilapidated.
Water in one event pool has turned a dirty orange colour and the Olympic Village is empty, soulless and shabby.
But it is the images of the Maracana that might seem most scandalous.
Those pictures, above all others, show the apparent waste from the two-week, multi-billion-pound extravaganza that millions of Brazilians felt was an insult to years of poverty and under-investment.
The city had promised to create a wonderful legacy for the city after the Games had been and gone.
Plans were for the aquatic centre to be dismantled and made into a series of municipal pools, while the handball arena or 'Arena of the Future' had been earmarked to be dismantled and become four schools.
But when SunSport visited the park in Rio back in April last year, things did not seem to be running smoothly before the Games had even began.
The velodrome, where Bradley Wiggins, Laura Trott and Jason Kenny ended up starring for Team GB, was in a concerning state of incompleteness.
But the city did manage to turn around and put on an impressive show, even if some athletes and media pundits admitted it was rough around the edges.
Many questioned why Rio was hosting a Games when they could not fill the stadia, with marquee events like the athletics - where Usain Bolt was on the track - and swimming not being filled.
Unsurprisingly the Maracana was full for the football, as Brazil won men's Olympic gold on penalties, but now even the great ground that has had the likes of Pele, Socrates and Neymar gracing its turf, lies in disrepair.
