The 2016 Summer Olympic and Paralympic Games will be kicking off in August and September next year in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, which is exciting since this will be the first time a South American city is hosting the international multi-sport events.

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Unfortunately, the waters in Rio are concerning since they are testing as full of dangerous viruses and bacteria, which can harm the athletes.

On Thursday the Associated Press reported through an investigation that the athletes competing in the swimming and boating events might fall ill due to the severely contaminated waters as seen in the image above.

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Through Associated Press' investigation, an analysis of water quality revealed hazardously elevated levels of bacteria and viruses due to human waste at the Olympic and Paralympic venues.

These results have distressed international experts and competitors that are currently training in Rio. Some of the athletes training have become ill with symptoms including fevers, vomiting and diarrhea.

These symptoms can prevent athletes from competing for days on end depending upon the severity.

"This is by far the worst water quality we've ever seen in our sailing careers," Ivan Bulaja, a coach for the Austrian sailing team, who has spent months training in Guanabara Bay, said.

Many of his sailors have fallen ill from the polluted waters.

"I've had high temperatures and problems with my stomach," David Hussl, one of the sailors, said.

The Brazilian government insists the waters will be safe though come time for The Games. The medical director of the International Olympic Committee also said that everything is on track in terms of preparing for The Games.

"What you have there is basically raw sewage," marine biologist, from Southern California Coastal Water Research Project, John Griffith, said.

He reviewed Associated Press' test results as well as the protocols and methodology in gathering those results, concluding, "It's all the water from the toilets and the showers and whatever people put down their sinks, all mixed up, and it's going out into the beach waters. Those kinds of things would be shut down immediately if found here [in the United States]."

Griffith offered up some advice to the athletes, sharing, "If I were going to be in the Olympics, I would probably go early and get exposed and build up my immunity system to these viruses before I had to compete, because I don't see how they're going to solve this sewage problem."

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