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View of the Tennis Court at the Olympic Park after it was covered by sand to be used for beach volley in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 17, 2017, about six month after the Rio 2016 Olympic games. Rio's Olympic organizers promised there'd be no white elephants after the crowds and athletes went home. Unfortunately, six months later there's a herd charging through Brazil's run-down second city. / AFP / Yasuyoshi Chiba / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY LOUIS GENOT (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)

View of the Tennis Court at the Olympic Park after it was covered by sand to be used for beach volley in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on February 17, 2017, about six month after the Rio 2016 Olympic games.
Rio's Olympic organizers promised there'd be no white elephants after the crowds and athletes went home. Unfortunately, six months later there's a herd charging through Brazil's run-down second city. / AFP / Yasuyoshi Chiba / TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY LOUIS GENOT        (Photo credit should read YASUYOSHI CHIBA/AFP/Getty Images)