Rio's Olympic warm-up pool has turned a disgusting shade of orange as the village continues to fall apart

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February 8, 2017 5:25 PM

Six months after Rio hosted the Summer Olympics, its infrastructure for the games is falling apart. The latest is the warm-up pool, which is now orange.

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Rio de Janeiro spent about $4.6 billion to host the 2016 Summer Olympics. Six months later, four months after the end of the Paralympic Games, the citys Olympic infrastructure is falling apart.

Over the weekend, the Brazilian news outlet O Globo published footage of various abandoned and decrepit Olympic venues. According to O Globo, limited security has resulted in theft, and the ceilings are falling in.

Other venues appear to not have received any necessary upkeep. Even the Maracana, Rio's Olympic stadium, is without power as city officials argue about who should pay the electricity bills.

Most shocking is a warm-up pool that has turned orange.

O Globo reports that mud, insects, and rainwater have contributed to the jarring color. The tiles in the background, which were made by the Brazilian artist Adriana Varejao, have either fallen or been taken, according to O Globo.

For comparison, here's the pool (from a different angle) in the summer:

And here's what the building housing the competition pools looked like:

Murky water has pooled in other parts of the Olympic Park, too:

Here are the ceilings:

During the Olympics, the pools were a source of frustration as they turned different, but equally unpleasant, shades of green — ironic, considering the uproar before the games about Rio's sewage-infested bodies of water.

The argument against hosting the Olympics has always been that it doesn't make sense to pour billions of dollars into sporting venues that would most likely have no use after the two-week spectacle.

From Athens to Beijing, abandoned Olympic venues are common. Rio is the latest example — at least until after the next Olympics.

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