• Every two years a city spends billions of dollars preparing for either the summer or winter Olympics building huge facilities very quickly.

But once the Olympic flame is extinguished some of these venues have no use and fall into disrepair, and many years later the results are quite spooky.

Some athletes have complained about accommodation and facilities at the upcoming Rio Olympics but whatever the faults they’re nicer than these abandoned Olympics buildings.

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Swimmers train underneath the Olympic rings in the aquatics center before the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: Matt Slocum