Indian Hockey Teams Reach Olympic Village, Finds There Aren't Enough Chairs To Sit On!

Imagine coming to an Olympic village and there is no place to sit? No, this is not a nightmare, it's what the Indian hockey teams are going through after reaching Rio.

PTI

Chief coach Roelant Oltmans is livid at the fact that there are not enough chairs for the men and women's teams. In a letter to the Chef de Mission of the Indian contingent, Rakesh Gupta, he complained about the lack of facilities and wants to purchase TV sets.

¡°For athletes who have to perform at top-level during a longer period of the Olympics we need proper chairs and tables in the apartments for 6 persons. Actually there are only 2 chairs in each apartment," he said.

AFP

When one considers how much flak India got for lack of proper arrangements during the 2010 Commonwealth Games, this is an eye-opener that Brazil is clearly under-prepared for an event of such magnitude.

AP

Oltmans hopes a solution is found soon as the situation is getting out of hand.

¡°Please help us to find a solution. We all want our hockey teams to perform well but we need to support them as well with the right conditions.¡±

The Rio Games organisers have already faced complaints from Australia and several other teams about unfinished rooms at the Olympic Village.

A few days ago, the Australian team had to be evacuated from their building at the Olympic Village because of a fire in the basement.