Padlocked and falling apart: Rio Olympic legacy in tatters
Waves batter the incline near the site of a collapsed section of a bicycle path in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Thursday, April 21, 2016. Two people have died after a 50-meter section of a recently completed cycle path built as part of Rio de Janeiro’s preparations to host the 2016 summer Olympics collapsed. Photographer: Nadia Sussman/Bloomberg
The Rio Olympics were supposed to signal Brazil’s arrival on the world stage. Nine months later, as a culture of corruption is exposed at the highest levels, Brazilians are asking who benefited most from the Games.
Rio de Janeiro: On April 21 last year, a torch was lit at the site of the original Olympic Games i…
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