Brazil's Olympic legacy far from fulfilled at idle Game venues


A view of the Arena Carioca, which was used for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, is seen in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil February 7, 2017. Picture taken on February 7, 2017. REUTERS/Pilar Olivares

RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - Less than six month after Rio de Janeiro hosted the first-ever Olympics in South America, game venues sit idle and already in disrepair, raising questions about a legacy that organizers promised would benefit the Brazilian city and its residents.

"We thought this would be for us," said Alex da Silva Ferreira, a mechanic who walked with his 7-year-old son past the locked gate of what was supposed to be a park in Deodoro, a neighbourhood that hosted canoeing and mountain bike competitions. "It's been closed this entire time."

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