Rio de Janeiro's mayor has jumped to the defense of the athletes' accommodations in the Olympic Village after the Australian Olympic Committee deemed the quarters "uninhabitable."
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"I almost feel like putting a kangaroo in front of their building to make them feel at home," Mayor Eduardo Paes joked Sunday (via the Sydney Morning Herald).
Duly noted, as well as the lack of laughter from the Australians, inside two weeks to the Rio Games' opening ceremony.
In fact, AOC spokesman Mike Tancred wryly noted plumbers would be more useful than kangaroos, according to local media.