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With fewer than 100 days left until the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro there is still growing concern regarding the open water races to be held in Guanabara Bay and off of nearby Copacabana Beach.<\/p>\n

Lynne Cox<\/strong>, famed open-water swimmer, became the most recent individual to wave a red flag at the conditions today by authoring an opinion piece for the\u00a0New York Times\u00a0<\/em>titled \u00a0“Olympians Shouldn’t Swim Through Sewage.”\u00a0<\/a>\u00a0Cox draws in research and reports from virologist Dr<\/strong>.\u00a0Fernando Rosado Spilki<\/strong> and expert in risk management for waterborne viruses\u00a0Kristina Mena<\/strong>, whose findings paint a dim picture for those hoping to participate in the open water competition.<\/p>\n

After Dr. Spilki was commissioned by\u00a0The Associated Press\u00a0<\/em>to test the water conditions at all of the competition sites, Mena was asked to examine his results. She predicted that it would only take three teaspoons of water from the bay for the athletes to have a 99% chance of infection.<\/p>\n

In addition to the research that has already been done regarding the water in Guanabara Bay and off the beaches of Copacabana Beach, Cox draws from her own personal experiences as an open water swimmer. Cox eloquently notes that,<\/p>\n

The Only times I failed was when I became gravely ill during a race in the Nile River. Although I didn’t know it at the time, I was already sick with dysentery from training in the polluted water. Swimming through sewage, rotting rats and dead dogs, I struggled to finish the race. I didn’t want to stop because I was representing the United States, but after 15 miles, I nearly passed out. In the emergency room I was told I was extremely dehydrated and that I could have died.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

After being awarded the Games in 2009 the Brazilian National Olympic Committee announced that they would install eight water treatment plants in an effort to clean up the water, however only one has been installed. Add to that the fact that Brazil’s chief of security for this summer’s Olympic Games and the sports minister have both recently resigned, and the president,\u00a0Dilma Rousseff<\/strong>, is facing impeachment after a corruption inquiry and it is clear that the country will not be able to deliver on their promise of a “Green Games for a Blue Planet.”<\/p>\n

Cox continues by urging the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to move the open water events to cleaner waters, even if it means a binational Olympics, mentioning that moving them would make for a better solution than cancelling the races altogether.<\/p>\n

The piece ends with a powerful statement from Cox, stating<\/p>\n

They [the Olympic athletes] deserve a chance to compete where the water won’t hurt them.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Since February 2014,\u00a0Swimming World<\/em> has been following and covering the issues surrounding the\u00a0open water venue<\/a>s for the 2016 Summer Olympics being held in Rio De Janeiro.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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