The world governing body for sailing is threatening to move events for the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics out of the city’s polluted Guanabara Bay unless “a whole lot more is done very quickly” to clear the site of floating debris and sewage.
A version of this brief appears in print on April 25, 2015, on page D4 of the New York edition with the headline: Sailing Group Threatens to Move Events. Order Reprints| Today's Paper|Subscribe