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Olympic Sailors Wary of Water in Rio

An unexpected problem has emerged for sailors training for the 2016 Olympics in Rio's Guanabara Bay: dirty water.

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An unexpected problem has emerged for sailors training for the 2016 Olympics in Rio's Guanabara Bay: dirty water. Sailing teams have complained about water turned murky from contamination by sewage, and efforts to clean it up so far have had little success. Sailors have called the water "disgusting." (The New York Times)

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