RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - OCTOBER 23: Media view Maracana Stadium during the 1st World Press Briefing for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games on October 23, 2013 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Only six months after the 2016 Olympic games, several of the Rio's major Olympic venues are on their way to ruin. ... View of the world-famous Maracana Stadium in Rio de Janeiro on January 18, 2017.

A lit torch of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic games during a dress rehearsal for the lighting of the Rio Olympics flame, in Ancient Olympia, southern Greece, on Wednesday, April 20, 2016. The meticulously ...

A view of the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, which was used for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, is seen in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Feb. 5, 2017. Picture taken on February 5, 2017. Pilar Olivares/Reuters ...

Brazil's much maligned readiness for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janiero took a major hit when the stadium that will host track and field's biggest Olympic stars was shut down in March due ...

An aerial view shows the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, which was used for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil January 15, 2017.

The Opening Ceremonies for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro will not take place until Friday, but the Games’ soccer tournament began Wednesday, partly because of the large number of events ...

RIO DE JANEIRO — Oh Rio, you sandbaggers you. For months, even years, we thought you couldn’t pull this off. We heard all about your many problems. And then you give us an opening ceremony for ...

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — When Rio de Janeiro hosted the Olympics in 2016, videos of the extensive lagoon complex surrounding the Olympic Park were everywhere. Long polluted by sewage and garbage ...