At a certain point it’s just like, why not go home and try again next year?

First up, when the Australians arrived last week, the head of their team, Kitty Chiller, deemed the Olympic Village "unlivable."

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Then Rio's mayor did this.

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And this happened.

(Yeah, this guy's a Kiwi — and not competing — but let's just count it as an early bad omen.)

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Australia's eights rowing ream didn't qualify, but then, thanks to the Russian doping verdict, they just barely made it into the games.

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