The Rio Olympics ran into a little hiccup on Wednesday that, while seemingly minor, is amusing, nonetheless.
According to media reports, officials lost keys to the Olympic Stadium, locking them out of the mixed area.
Workers had to come and use bolt cutters to get in!
Bolt cutters needed open Olympic Stadium today after keys lost. Now door locked to mixed zone pic.twitter.com/G8YAR4zMuu
- tariq panja (@tariqpanja) August 3, 2016
Here's video of the workers cutting the bolts.
What a start! #Rio2016 kicking off with lost key and firemen forcing open lock to east gate of Olympic stadium #oops pic.twitter.com/7yj0moF9Ms
- Julia Carneiro (@juliadcarneiro) August 3, 2016
Whoops!
It's unclear if this will have any logistical effect on the games going forward, but it doesn't speak highly of the preparation and organization of an already-criticized Olympics. Nobody made an extra set of keys for the Olympic stadium?