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To wit, a reporter asked IOC Coordination Commission President Nawal El Moutawakel if she would be willing to swim in the polluted waters that Olympic athletes will have to deal with in a year.

Rio de Janeiro, August 24 (IANS): Sailing’s world governing body could shift Rio 2016 Olympic events out of Guanabara Bay due to pollution, organisers said.

According to the Associated Press, Cho was “50-60%” after a 24-hour hospital stay and was training again. He said he doesn’t know “the exact reason why I got so sick”.

BOA Chairman Lord Coe added: “The plan for Team GB in the run up to the Rio 2016 Olympic Games is to leave no stone unturned in the preparation of a world class performance environment in which our athletes can deliver their personal best”.

A test event for 2016 Olympic equestrian began in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, following an outbreak of the highly contagious and deadly disease, glanders.