RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Olympic officials were full of praise when they awarded the Olympics to Rio seven years ago, never imagining such things as the Zika virus and green water in the pools.
Indeed, they declared that there was "absolutely no flaw" in Rio's plans for the games.
Many of those plans have since gone awry, as plans often do. The first Olympics in South America remains very much a work in progress, beset by myriad problems that organizers seem unable — or unwilling — to solve.
Midway through the games, it's time to give the Rio Olympics some grades:
ATMOSPHERE: This isn't London with its iconic venues, but Rio has some things going for it as an Olympic host.