The Australia team will not move into the Olympic Village for the time being because of problems including “blocked toilets, leaking pipes and exposed wiring”, the head of the country’s delegation, Kitty Chiller, said on Sunday. “We’re having plumbing problems, we’ve got leaking pipes,” added Mike Tancred, the spokesman for the Australia team. Australia had been due to move into the Village on 21 July but have instead been living in nearby hotels. Extra maintenance staff and more than 1,000 cleaners have been engaged to help fix the problems and clean the village. Chiller said the IOC will ask local organisers to do stress tests “throughout the Olympic Village”, a process that could force major delays and require people living there now to leave.

Source: The Guardian July 24, 2016 15:14 UTC