Diplomat incident avoided: Aussies get rooms at Rio Olympics (Yahoo Sports)

A near-diplomatic incident – as Rio de Janeiro Mayor Eduardo Paes termed it – came to an end on Wednesday at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The Australian delegation gave the mayor a tiny ”boxing kangaroo” doll, and now says it’s happy with its rooms at Rio’s Olympic Athletes Village. In a meeting at the village, Paes apologized and acknowledged Australia’s ”was the worst building.” He gave delegation head Kitty Chiller the keys to the city, and a doll representing the official mascot Vinicius.