Brazil's sailors say Rio water worries overblown


Brazilian Olympic team sailors Marco Grael (L) and Gabriel Borges sail their 49er sailing class during a training session in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, June 22, 2016. REUTERS/Sergio Moraes

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The last thing members of Brazil's Olympic sailing team want to talk about is the water.

Presented to the international press as a team for the first time on Wednesday, the sailors were buffeted with questions about drug-resistant super bacteria and dangerous viruses found at Rio de Janeiro's Olympic water-sports venues.

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