After the Olympic Village had closed down, the Kenyan Olympic team was forced to acquire cheap accommodations while it waited for cheaper flights to become available following the 2016 Rio Olympics.
Kenyan Olympic team stayed in Rio to get cheaper flights back https://t.co/HAzPMZRdWO
— Darren Rovell (@darrenrovell) August 26, 2016
Here is a shot of the place the Kenyan Olympic team ended up staying at.
Unbeliable this is where the rest of kenyan team will spend their night today, after olympic village is closed! pic.twitter.com/h548Ds753g
— Hon wesley korir (@weskorir) August 24, 2016
There are worse places in Rio, to be sure. But given the millions upon millions the IOC (International Olympic Committee) earned the past four years for these Games, this is quite an asinine development.
Athletes who compete in the Olympic Games deserve better than this. But based on what we’ve seen all summer long, nobody should be surprised the Kenyan Olympic team had to resort to this.