It’s started: Australia report theft of computer and shirts from Olympic Games village
The theft is the latest in a string of incidents affecting the Australians, their woes perhaps highlighted by the team holding daily briefings in Rio de Janeiro where others have not
Team shirts and a laptop computer belonging to a cycling official have been stolen from the Australia building in the athletes’ village at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro, team chief Kitty Chiller said on Sunday.
She said three unidentified people were seen walking away with team shirts during an evacuation after a basement fire on Friday, while the laptop was taken from a room on the fifth floor.
“That is concerning,” she said, adding that the security presence had since been increased with four private guards on the entrance doors and more noticeable identity checks.
“When you have got 15,000 beds, there are a lot of people walking around the village. I’m not accusing anybody but there are a lot of non-accredited workers, cleaners, housekeepers, maintenance workers still walking around.
“Unfortunately, in an area of that size with the number of buildings and rooms that there are, theft is going to be inevitable.”