Olympic pool where Adam Peaty and Michael Phelps created history is a sorry site after it is abandoned and left to rot
ADAM PEATY made history when he won his first Olympic gold medal at Rio 2016.
But the site of his famous victory quickly fell into disrepair just months on from hosting the Games.
Peaty, 29, is now a three-time Olympic champion but it was the Rio Games where he became a household name.
His victory in the 100m breaststroke was Team GB’s first swimming gold for 28 years.
The Scot won gold in a record-breaking 57.13 seconds before going on to help Team GB win silver in the 4x100m medley.
The Rio Aquatics Centre also played host to a record set by Michael Phelps, who became the first swimmer to reach five finals in the same event – the 200m butterfly.
He also became the oldest champion in Olympic swimming history at 31-years-old, and it was the venue where he won his 23rd and final gold medal in the 4x100m medley relay.
Yet months on the site where history was made fell became derelict, as Rio organisers quickly abandoned the venue.
Seats were taken out of the 14,997 capacity arena, which cost almost £30million to build.
Stagnant water was left in place of where a 50m pool once stood, and Brazilian media began to label the venue a white elephant.
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It was subsequently stripped piece by piece with the Brazilian army dismantling the pools, and in 2022 some parts of the stadium were donated to Bangu Atlético Clube, a football club based in Rio.
Two years later the building was completely demolished and now lies abandoned like many of the facilities used to host the Games.