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Olympic sailors compete with trash and sewage

Julio SegadorJuly 21, 2016

The world's top sailors are gearing up for the Olympic games in Brazil. While there is much concern about the country's economic problems, the Zika virus and doping, marine pollution hasn't featured massively. But the picture-postcard panoramas of Brazil's famous Guanabara Bay don't tell the full story. Locals warn that Olympic sailors will be racing through raw sewage.

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