The troubled legacy of the 2016 Rio Olympics | Miami Herald: "While the competition itself and the party Rio threw for fans from around the world was considered a success, and the city got an important boost to its transportation system as a result of the Games, the sports facilities have languished as Brazil struggles to emerge from a prolonged recession.
“They are all fulfilling their destiny as white elephants just as people thought they would,” said Lúcio de Castro, an investigative sports journalist who writes the Sportlight blog. Most of the Olympic facilities aren’t in use, or are only being used sporadically."
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