Olympics-Water won't be clean, but sailing will go ahead - Mayor

By Andrew Downie RIO DE JANEIRO, March 24 (Reuters) - Rio de Janeiro's inability to clean the waters where Olympic sailing events will take place next year is a lost opportunity for the city but it will not affect the smooth running of the races, mayor Eduardo Paes said. On the eve of Tuesday's events to mark the 500-day countdown to the starting gun in August 2016, Paes admitted the Guanabara Bay will not be as clean as authorities had promised. "I think it is a lost opportunity, yes," he told

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