ATHENS, GREECE: The Olympic village was part of a housing project for about 10 000 people. Due to lack of maintaince and basic services, nowadays it is a grey suburb of Athens. RUNNING up to the Rio Olympics the legacy of the Seven BILLION 2004 Athens Olympics has been laid bare in these revealing images. Pictures show how Greece’s Olympic park once brimming with people and enthusiasm for sport now lies crumbling and desolate. From the velodrome to the swimming pool, it is clear that the multi-billion pound developments have not been beneficial for the local community 12-years on from this w
ATHENS, GREECE: The Olympic village was part of a housing project for about 10 000 people. Due to lack of maintaince and basic services, nowadays it is a grey suburb of Athens. RUNNING up to the Rio Olympics the legacy of the Seven BILLION 2004 Athens Olympics has been laid bare in these revealing images. Pictures show how Greece’s Olympic park once brimming with people and enthusiasm for sport now lies crumbling and desolate. From the velodrome to the swimming pool, it is clear that the multi-billion pound developments have not been beneficial for the local community 12-years on from this world event. It is feared Rio’s sporting legacy could produce a similar white elephant in the years after it hosts the world. Freelance journalist Brecht De Vleeschauwer (28) from Belgium travelled to Athens to document the condition of the legacy in the nation which invented the Olympics over two and a half thousand years ago.
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