When Victoria Jurczok and Anika Lorenz tear through the water ride aboard his boat, to do more than spend the maximum possible speed. Heroes athletes Olympic Sailing Team Germany also just learning the currents and tides and wind Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, in an attempt to gain an advantage when they compete in the upcoming Olympic Games.
And they remain inspections floating barriers. "It is possible to meet you when you surf a little" plastic, or do not know why, "said Jurczok (26 years) in Berlin." They "can harm or slow the boat."
"We had a lot of plastic bags," says Lorenz. On the surface, the point of view of Guanabara Bay and the skyline of Rio de high mountains and peaks like no other. But look closely, you can see the effects of debris flows in the garbage along the areas where Olympic teams be train to find games.
It contains the wreckage of a piece of wood, and rubber sandals, sneakers, and of course, plastic bags. But this is not the kind of pollution that refers to the contestants.
He went through one of their colleagues and Jurczok Lorenz emergency surgery after the race in Rio this summer, when small wounds on his legs was terribly polluted. Despite its beauty and the sea washes away this was the basis of a sewage dump treated outside the Olympic arena. Terribly contaminated water poses a threat to the environment, which has been fighting in the city for decades. Brazilian officials insist Gulf there is no danger to sailors. Rio Mayor Eduardo Paes CNN municipality said that the gaming site will take place at this time of the year when there is less rain and waste water discharged into the sea below.
He spoke to CNN last week at the launch of a completely sewage treatment plant. There would be hundreds of thousands of residents of Rio offers a modern waste management for the first time.