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Have you ever thought about going to the Olympic games? Well… let me tell you 3 reasons why you should not go!  There have been a lot of risks at the Olympic games in Rio this year. Like  poor accommodation, thefts, kidnappings, robberies, diseases and polluted water. Even just one of these things would stop me from going, but athletes are at risk from all of these things!

At the Rio Olympic games there have been heaps of risks to the athletes. Some athletes have been kidnapped by people and they were taken to the money machine and they were forced to take all of their money out. The Australian athletes had a fire lit in their accommodation and while they were evacuated people went in and stole their laptops, phones and money.

Some athletes have had money and phones stolen from them, while they are walking down the street. If I was at the Rio Olympics and those things happened to me I would be scared and worried.

Some of the accommodation and sporting venues were not completed properly when the athletes arrived, and may not be safe for the athletes. Some teams arrived and found out that there bathrooms and plumbing were not finished. The Kiwi team even had to finish some of these jobs themselves! 

The Australian team arrived in their rooms to find wires sticking out of the wall. That is not safe at all. They wouldn’t stay in their accommodation until it was all fixed. There is also a very dangerous disease called the zika virus.  It is spread by being bitten by mosquitoes. It can easily be caught in Rio which is another danger for athletes.

Another real danger for the athletes in Rio is the polluted water. The teams who are competing in rowing, sailing, kayaking or and other water sport have to be very careful not to get any of the water in their mouths. It is so badly polluted with rubbish that just 3 teaspoons could make you very sick. I don’t think I would like to be in any sport where the water could kill me.

They should not have had the Olympic games in Rio, Brazil because Rio is a dangerous place for all of the athletes to be. Stealing, kidnapping, spreading disease and their accommodations not finished… any one of these things would have stopped me going! I can’t believe athletes went when all of these things could go wrong!