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Old 06-21-2016, 08:27   #1
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Brazil, another failed socialist/progressive state

I would not be worried about competing, I'd be more worried about getting out of Rio with my life.........

I can't wait to hear the corrupt socialist/communist excuses when the Brazilian Olympics are cancelled. Probably will happen when an athlete/athletes is/are murdered.



Call for More Rio Security After Paralympic Athletes Robbed
By The Associated Press
·SYDNEY — Jun 21, 2016, 5:27 AM ET

After two members of the Australian Paralympic sailing squad were robbed at gunpoint, Australia's Olympic team leader is urging Brazilian authorities to implement Olympic-scale security now in Rio de Janeiro "before an athlete gets hurt."

The weekend incident in Rio highlighted fears of crime against foreign athletes ahead of the Aug. 5-21 Summer Games.

An estimated 85,000 police and soldiers will be patrolling the streets during the Olympics and Paralympics, but violent crime remains a fact of life in Rio.

"Maybe the organizing committee should mobilize their games-time defense force early," Kitty Chiller, Australia's Olympic team leader, said Tuesday. "Do it now."

Chiller said she'd written to the head of the Rio organizing committee and to the city's mayor, Eduardo Paes, to express concerns.

"We're demanding that the level of those (security) forces be reviewed, and also that they be mobilized earlier."

A statement from Australian Sailing said Paralympic sailor Liesl Tesch and team official Sarah Ross were confronted by two men while riding their bicycles in Rio park on Sunday. One of the men was carrying a pistol and the women were robbed of their bicycles.

Last month, Spain's Olympic gold-medal winning sailor Fernando Echavarri and two companions said they were held up at gunpoint by five young men in Rio.


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