“Rio Olympics organisers face pollution ‘challenges’, says IOC president”,  29 July 2015

Organisers of next year’s Olympics in Rio de Janeiro face serious challenges over cleaning up the bay where the sailing competitions will be held, the IOC president, Thomas Bach, has admitted. Sailors in Guanabara Bay have reported worrying amounts of rubbish and pollution, including discarded furniture and floating animal carcasses. The state government has already admitted it will not be able to meet its original target of reducing pollution in the bay by 80 per cent. Next week marks a year to go to Rio 2016 and Bach said the preparations were on course but challenges remained. Speaking after an IOC executive board meeting in Kuala Lumpur, he…added that the demands on completing the international broadcast centre in Rio were “really pressing” but there had been “great progress” in the Olympic village and other sports facilities. He also said he had been reassured that the extension of the underground metro system to the Olympic Park in Barra, the main transportation project connected to the Games, would be ready in time...