Australian Olympic Water Polo Team Members Struck With Gastro-Intestinal Illness

Well, good thing all the plumbing works in the Olympic Village... cough... I mean gurgle.

Four members of the Australian women's water polo team have been placed into quarantine in Rio after being struck down with a virus just days out from the opening ceremony.

The four Aussie Stingers athletes are suffering from a gastro-intestinal illness and were separated from their teammates as soon as the squad landed in Rio on Monday, Australian Olympic boss Kitty Chiller said.

The Stingers had been training in Italy in recent weeks before flying to Brazil, ahead of their first game against Russia. Cont. (Video/Autoplay)

Story from - The Sydney Morning Herald

Body Parts Discovered Near Olympic Beach Volleyball Site In Rio

Olympic mobsters: "How you going to compete without a foot?" Story out of Rio De Janeiro:

With just 36 days to go before the Rio Olympics kick off, the situation in the host city just went from bad to worse.

A beach goer Wednesday discovered human body parts that had washed up on the shore, right in front of the Olympic Beach Volleyball Arena on Rio's famed Copacabana beach.

A dismembered foot and another body part still unidentified was found, according to Andre Luiz, an officer of the Military Police. Police believe the victim was a woman or young adult.

Although the circumstances surrounding the person's death are unknown, it is another embarrassing blow to the host country -- already reeling from financial problems, a mishap-prone Olympic torch and an outbreak of the mosquito-borne Zika virus. Cont. (Video/Autoplay)

Story from - CNN
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