GALLERY: Abandoned Olympic venues around the world

These Olympic Game venues look lonely and forgotten, but remain beautiful white elephants nonetheless.

With millions of Rands spent on getting cities ready for the anticipated Quadrennial Olympic Games, one would think that great care would go into the care of these venues, afterwards.

However, that’s not the case as many venues are forgotten after the games end and everyone gets on a plane to go back home.

These Olympic Game venues look lonely and forgotten, but remain beautiful white elephants nonetheless.

The 1936 Berlin Olympics swimming pool is completely abandoned. www.pinterest.com. Photo: www.pinterest.com

The canoe and kayak venue for the 2004 Athens Olympics is no longer in working order. Photo: mongolc.com

The main swimming pool in Athens for the 2004 Olympics. Photo: Wikipedia.org.

Two of the five 2008 Beijing Olympics mascots now lie lonely and forgotten. Photo: www.japantimes.co.jp

The main 2008 Beijing Olympic stadium was once a colourful and glorious place. It is now only a memory of what it once was. Photo: www.rsvlts.com

An abandoned ski slope for the 1984 Sarajevo Winter Olympics. Photo: www.buzzfeed.com

ALSO READ:

Rio Olympics 2016

At Caxton, we employ humans to generate daily fresh news, not AI intervention. Happy reading!

You can read the full story on our App. Download it here.