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Brazil struggling to be ready for Games

Gathering speed: Smith races down the track in London

Tyrone Smith has expressed his frustration after finishing fifth in the long jump at the IAAF Diamond League London Anniversary Games.

Smith posted a best leap of 7.78 metres, which came in his second jump, having recorded jumps of 7.75 in his second attempt and 7.68 in his first.

Smith felt as though his 7.78 jump had been a far greater distance and questioned whether the video measurement at the Olympic Stadium had been working properly.

“I’m willing to wager my R8 that the video measurement was off,” he wrote on his Facebook page. “Meet claims the indicator was off for 2nd round. 7.78 my ass!!”

Tre Houston, meanwhile, competed at the American Track League: Atlanta at Rice University — Wendel Track and Holloway Field at the weekend in his final warm-up before the Rio Olympic Games.

He came eighth in his 100 metres heat in a time of 10.63sec.

The pair are part of the eight-strong Bermuda team heading to Rio where organisers are scrambling to be ready in time.

Australia’s Olympic team, complaining about uninhabitable rooms in the Olympic Village, refused to check in. Kitty Chiller, the head of the country’s delegation, complained of “blocked toilets, leaking pipes and exposed wiring”.

Meanwhile, authorities rerouted traffic in Barra de Tijuca, site of many game venues and the Olympic Village, which will house more than 11,000 athletes, coaches and staff.

Olympic organisers are still scrambling to finish everything from a beach volleyball venue to a new subway line, set to open just days before the opening ceremony. At the village, where lines formed yesterday as athletes began checking in, work crews were still making last minute repairs.

Australia’s refusal to move in follows local media reports that some team delegations, concerned over similar issues, had sought to hire their own maintenance crews in order to make their quarters suitable.

Mario Andrada, a spokesman for the local organising committee, said organisers are aware of the problems with some rooms, particularly affecting teams from Australia, New Zealand and Brazil.

“There are some electrical issues and some leaks,” he said, noting that a team of about 500 workers are addressing the problems. It’s one of those things with new buildings, but it should not have happened.”