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Rio Athletes Will Be 'Swimming In Human Crap' During Olympics

Rio Athletes Will Be 'Swimming In Human Crap' During Olympics

They've been told to 'keep their mouths closed' to avoid contamination.

Mel Ramsay

Mel Ramsay

Featured image credit: Getty

Things seem to be really fucking up over in Rio at the moment. First of all, the accommodation has been deemed 'unlivable', then news broke of Brazilian drug dealers selling Olympic-branded cocaine prior to the games and I'm not even going to get started on the whole Russia thing.

Well, doctors have now warned Olympic marathon swimmers, sailors and windsurfers that they'll 'literally be swimming in human crap' when they compete.

The New York Times has reported that Dr. Daniel Becker, a local doctor, said: "Foreign athletes will literally be swimming in human crap, and they risk getting sick from all those microorganisms. It's sad but also worrisome."


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Guanabara Bay is where the outdoor aquatic events take place. Apparently, it is a lot more contaminated than previously thought despite the fact that, seven years ago, Rio's government promised to stop waste entering the water.

However, recent tests by both the government and independent scientists have shown that there's some dodgy stuff in the water. It ranges, but they've found diarrhoea and vomit inducing bugs as well as some 'super-bacteria' that could prove fatal to those with weak immune systems.

Well. It's been a dramatic few weeks but we'll just have to see what happens once the games begin.

Words by Mel Ramsay

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Topics: rio, olympics, rio 2016