Rio Olympics: Pokemon Go crisis has athletes seeing red with no virtual monsters to catch in Brazil

POKEMON Go has emerged as one of the most addictive games in the world.

But unfortunately for athletes at Rio 2016, they’re going to have focus solely on the Olympic Games this month.

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claim participants can boot up the game in Brazil, but can’t actually any find any Pokemon to catch.

New Zealand women’s soccer player Anna Green isn’t happy after becoming glued to her phone.

Kiwi athletes are said to love the hit from Nintendo.

But Green admits she is going to have to keep fit instead of hunting virtual monsters in the Olympic village.

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She said: “I wish I could run around in the village catching Pokemon.

“I just can’t get it on the phone. It’s fine, but it would have been something fun to do.

“[What will I do instead?] Train.”