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[gertrudecloset]

Vomit, broken beds, missing mascots — Australian athletes under fire over rowdy behavior at Tokyo Olympics

A group of Australian athletes acted like out-of-control frat boys on their way of Tokyo, leaving their rooms covered in vomit, punching a hole in the wall, breaking cardboard beds and displacing their teams’ life-sized mascots, according to the Australian media and the country’s Olympic committee.

Members of the Australian men’s rugby and rowing teams are accused of leaving their accommodations in a “messy and unacceptable state” in what appeared to be an alcohol-fueled episode at the Olympic Village, the Australian Olympic Committee confirmed Tuesday. In addition, two emu and kangaroo mascots went missing from their hotel for several days last week before being found in an area where the Germans were staying.

Ian Chesterman, head of the Australian Olympic delegation, downplayed the incident to the media and said the athletes have since apologized and won’t face any disciplinary action.

“There was a hole in the wall, but that’s pretty easy to do,” he told The Sydney Morning Herald. “I understand there’s some big people and some very flimsy walls, temporary walls as well. I don’t think you had to do much to put a hole in the wall.”

Chesterman said the damage was minor and denied reports that the rooms were trashed.

“I want to focus on the fact that some people have made a mistake and had left the room in conditions that we thought were unacceptable,” he told the paper. “It was unacceptable because people had to move into those rooms afterwards.”

The rugby team’s wild behavior did not end in Tokyo. Members of Australia’s rugby and soccer teams are under investigation after passengers on their plane back to Sydney last week accused them of being loud and obnoxious during the flight, leaving more vomit in a lavatory and failing to wear face masks, according to the Herald.

Matt Carroll, chief executive for the Australian Olympic Committee, said he’s looking into the complaints and have raised the issue with each team.

“It’s extremely disappointing but both rugby and football have told me that such behaviour is certainly not acceptable within their sports and have sincerely apologised to the Australian Olympic Team,” he told the paper. “The CEOs have undertaken to take the appropriate action and report back to us.”

The Australian men’s rugby team was knocked off the Olympic after a 19-0 loss to Fiji in the quarter-finals. The men’s soccer team also went home without any medals.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9854919/Australians-wrestling-alcohol-fuelled-celebrations-...

[chickenbutt]

I feel like that response was pretty lame.  

It's pretty easy to put holes in the walls?   Not if you don't freaking punch them!!  Good grief.

I think they should have some sort of charges for that unacceptable behavior.  I'm not saying put them in prison but there should be pretty stiff fines, at the least.

If nothing happens there will always be more cretins come along and do the same thing.  Why not?  No punishment.   ugh

[Love my grandkids]

It's always been my understanding that Aussie rugby players act like hooligans so not surprised. Pretty disgusting behavior by all involved.

Causing any kind of damage to a hotel room like that was not a "mistake". Those were intentional acts.

I get sick of spokespeople making excuses for this kind of c r a p.

[gertrudecloset]

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@chickenbutt wrote:

I feel like that response was pretty lame.  

It's pretty easy to put holes in the walls?   Not if you don't freaking punch them!!  Good grief.

I think they should have some sort of charges for that unacceptable behavior.  I'm not saying put them in prison but there should be pretty stiff fines, at the least.

If nothing happens there will always be more cretins come along and do the same thing.  Why not?  No punishment.   ugh

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Bad behavior happened in the past by a Swim team from the US.  Ohhh, they were in Brazil.  Why do that to a country who invited you?

[Anonymous032819]

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@Love my grandkids wrote:

It's always been my understanding that Aussie rugby players act like hooligans so not surprised. Pretty disgusting behavior by all involved.

Causing any kind of damage to a hotel room like that was not a "mistake". Those were intentional acts.

I get sick of spokespeople making excuses for this kind of c r a p.

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They are not staying in a hotel. (Marriott's, Holiday Inn, Hilton, etc). 

They are staying in the Olympic Village.

Think of the rooms as a temporary  dorms.

The "dorms" will be taken down soon after the Olympics are over.

[Love my grandkids]

@Anonymous032819 Right. But does that excuse their behavior? Not in my book.

[Anonymous032819]

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@Love my grandkids wrote:

@Anonymous032819 Right. But does that excuse their behavior? Not in my book.

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@Love my grandkids 

Did I say that it did?

[Goldengate8361]

I am sure it is not the first time a bunch of young guys acted this way, right? I'm certainly not excusing it, but it is not really all that unusual (sadly). 

[Porcelain]

A) Cardboard beds? What? Why?

B) That Serbian tennis player who threw his racket in the stands and bailed out on his mixed doubles partner who then couldn't play because of him, is even worse.

[nana59]

they shouldn't be allowed to participate in future olympics.......