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What happened to Rio's Olympic legacy?

Athletes who competed in last year's Rio Olympic and Paralympic Games have told 5 live Breakfast they're angry and frustrated by the failure to provide any meaningful post-Olympic legacy in the city.
Six months after the end of the Games many of the venues are empty, with companies and public bodies reluctant to takeover their ownership.
In a statement the International Olympic Committee said: "Legacy figured prominently in all of the activities linked to the Games and we can already see many examples of that planning becoming a reality. The Olympic Games Rio 2016 has positively impacted the lives of Cariocas and Brazilians in a myriad of ways."

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