Guanabara Bay

2016 Games: Olympic marina inaugurated in filth of Rio bay

Rubbish, waste and worse are visible in the sea and on the nearby downtown Flamengo beach.

Apr 08, 2016, 16:45 PM IST

2016 Rio: Former Sailing chief 'voted out for trying to oust polluted Olympic venue'

Peter Sowrey, who left in December, told the AP news agency that he had been told "to gag myself" on the subject, and that the board had found him "way too aggressive".

Jan 27, 2016, 23:56 PM IST

Rio 2016 organizers claim water in competition area to be clean

The Rio 2016 Olympics Organizing Committee claimed that water quality in the competition area meets the requirements of the WHO.

Oct 18, 2015, 14:17 PM IST