Canada this week put forward the 313 athletes who will be flying down to Rio this year’s Summer Olympic Games, which begin next Friday.
![An Associated Press investigation found athletes in the 2016 Rio Olympics will be swimming and boating in waters so contaminated with human feces that they risk becoming violently ill and unable to compete in the Games. We see two men in a small boat surrounded by water filled with debris, which they are attempting to clean up.](http://img.src.ca/2016/07/27/352x198/GI_160727_aa9rr_rci-rio-boats_6.jpg)
Just what they will encounter when they get there is–at this point–anyone’s guess.
We do know one thing. They won’t be competing or hanging out with a lot of Russians.
But what else?
–Will the venues be ready?
–What about the athletes’ village?
–What about the water where the sailing competitions take place?
–What about the Zika virus?
–How good is the security?
And the biggest question of all.
![A Brazilian Armed Forces soldier patrols on Copacabana beach in Rio. Security will be super tight at the Games. We see a soldier from the neck down dressed in battle dress. He holds a rifle pointed downwards toward the right of the photo.](http://img.src.ca/2016/07/27/352x198/160727_948fb_rci-rio-soldier_6.jpg)
–Can the Brazilians pull this off?
This past Tuesday, two Brazilian navy jets collided near Rio while training for protecting the Games.
We’ll leave the symbolism of that to others.
In a column this week on his website, (www.notthepublicbroadcaster.com)
Bruce Dowbiggin, one of Canada’s foremost sports commentators, and a man who has covered numerous Olympic Games, delivered his take about what’s happening and what might happen in Rio.
He joined Wednesday from his home in Calgary.
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