Six months before the first whistle of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro and much of Arena 2 is covered in plastic tarps.
The future home to August's Olympic judo and wrestling competitions, Arena 2 remains dimly lit even as the midsummer sun raises temperatures to 100 degrees. A dozen industrial fans try to displace the heavy air, but as wrestlers jog, drill and prep on blue mats, the fans' only effect seems to be added noise.
"I can literally see the Zika on the mat," says Adeline Gray, the 75kg representative for the United States. The world's top-ranked wrestler at her weight stares at mosquitoes attaching to practice mats laid on the concrete floor.
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