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Cape Town - We're nearly a week into the Olympic Games and although we've enjoying the action on the field and in the pool, some athletes are having a hard time dealing with the inadequate lodgings in the Olympic Village in Rio de Janeiro.
Some have even abandoned the Olympic Village by opting to stay in an apartment nearby their facilities.
We look at 5 Olympian athletes who have shown their discomfort living in the Village via social media:
How to turn on the shower – Olympic Village way
American water polo team-mates Alex Bowen and John Mann found a unique way to turn their shower on. Mann posted a video on his Instagram account of Bowen putting their Olympic Village shower on by turning the faucet at the sink.
Leaking Czech building
Czech Republic cyclist Zdenek Stybar posted a video of their apartment leaking through the stairs. He jokingly said: “Great we have new shower in the house.”
Trapped in an elevator
Before Juan Martin Del Potro defeated world No 1 Novak Djokovic in the men's singles tennis event, the Argentinean was stuck in an elevator at the athletes' village. Del Potro’s publicist posted an image of the tennis star sitting helplessly in the elevator, which occurred during a power outage.
According to AP, after being stuck for approximately 40 minutes, the Argentinean handball team rescued Del Potro when they heard someone shouting from the elevator.
This is how Delpo started the day: trapped in an elevator at the Olympic village for 40 minutes. pic.twitter.com/EFNmOKqIwE
— Jorge Viale (@jorgeviale) August 7, 2016
Taping the Olympic village
Team China recently posted on their official Twitter account that the Chinese athletes were using duct tape as a handy tool to repair toilets in their Olympic lodgings.
They also posted a video of two Chinese table tennis players attempting to fix the shower curtain with the caption: “God helps those who help themselves.”
God helps those who help themselves. #TeamChina table tennis players fix the problems at the Olympic villagehttps://t.co/3D1GetO82E
— Team China (@XHSports) July 30, 2016
Tape is something atheltes can't neglect in #Rio2016 campaign. It can do you good in lots of ways at Olympic village pic.twitter.com/T4HHtbkmNW
— Team China (@XHSports) July 30, 2016
Aussies lodging woes
Prior to the event, the Australian athletes announced that they will not move into the Olympic Village until all their serious plumbing, electrical and cleaning problems were fixed.
Almost a week into the games, some Australian athletes who have moved into their rooms aren’t too pleased with the set-up.
Basketball player Andrew Bogut posted an image of him fixing a shower curtain so he “cannot flood the place” using the ironic hashtag #IOCLuxuryLodging.
Australian hockey player, Georgie Parker tweeted that there was no lights in the bathroom and she had to use her phone (the one all athletes received) to light up the area.
#IOCLuxuryLodging. Putting together a shower curtain so we can shower and not flood the place. pic.twitter.com/omaBJ7Dlje
— Andrew Bogut (@andrewbogut) August 2, 2016
@andrewbogut lights in our bathroom would be a nice addition. Luckily we have our #SamsungS7 to light the place! #IOCLuxuryLodging
— Georgie Parker (@georgieparker) August 2, 2016
