https://community.usms.org/swimming/f/general/11780/guanabara-bay-brazilI hope the open water swim is not in this body of water. NY Times has a picture and article about it on its front page today.en-USTelligent Community 12https://community.usms.org/thread/190599?ContentTypeID=1Tue, 20 May 2014 12:49:07 GMT3187ac58-ba85-4314-b79a-c45cd885e09a:6e76ab35-cf66-40f9-98eb-702ba24f6346Former Member<a href="http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2014/05/19/rio-sailing-venue-guanabara-bay-polluted-olympics/">olympictalk.nbcsports.com/.../</a> Nice..... And anything that flows into Guanabara Bay flows out past Copacabana Beach for the 10km open water swim.<div style="clear:both;"></div>