Only six months ago the last Olympic medal was given away in the Rio’s state-of-the-art Olympic village. Now, though, these Olympic facilities are consumed by decay and look more like props of some post-apocalyptic movie.
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An aerial view of the empty Olympic Park.Photo by Nacho Doce / Reuters/Reuters
Photo by Nacho Doce / Reuters/Reuters
Translucent tapestries created by the Brazilian artist Adriana Varejao, fall from the exterior of the aquatics center as a combination of mud, rainwater and dead insects have contributed to the rust color of the water in a practice pool.
Photo by Pilar Olivares/Reuters
Inside the Aquatics Stadium.
Photo by Pilar Olivares/Reuters
Photo by Nacho Doce/Reuters 
The pitch of the world-famous Maracana Stadium that played a key role in the 2014 World Cup and 2016 Olympic Games is now dry, worn and filled with ruts and holes.
Photo by Vanderlei Almeida/AFP/Getty Images
The stadium has been hit by vandals who have ripped out thousands of seats…
Photo by Silvia Izquierdo/AP
Televisions got stolen first.
Photo by Silvia Izquierdo/AP
Photo by Silvia Izquierdo/AP
The stadium was renovated for the 2014 World Cup at a cost of about $500m, and since the Olympics and Paralympics has only hosted a handful of games, the last being a charity match organized by Zico in December 2016.
Photo by Silvia Izquierdo/AP
The iconic stadium has fallen into a state of abandonment and has been closed to tourists due to a dispute between the stadium operators, the Rio state government, and Olympic organizers over $1m in unpaid electricity bills and management of the venue.
Photo by Vanderlei Almeida/AFP/Getty Images
The future for the $20m golf course looks bleak: it has had trouble attracting enough paying players to maintain the course and facilities.
Photo by Nacho Doce / Reuters/Reuters
The prefabricated houses next to the Olympic golf course which were created and used for the Rio 2016 Olympic Games and now run by the Brazilian Golf Confederation for the public are now abandoned.
Photo by Yasuyoshi Chiba/AFP/Getty Images
Local children take the opportunity to explore and have a kickaround at the Olympic Park.
Photo by Pilar Olivares/Reuters
Same thing happened with the deteriorating Olympic village in Sochi, Russia and many others that we’ve covered here.
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