Photos: Abandoned Olympics venues

ELVIS BARUKCIC

TO GO WITH STORY BY RUSMIR SMAJILHODZIC - A picture taken on February 5, 2014 shows Sarajevo's abandoned Sarajevo's bob sleigh track near Sarajevo. Built and used as an Olympic venue during Sarajevo's 1984 Winter Olympic Games, the track was heavily damaged during Bosnia's 1992-95 war. It was never rebuilt and it's large concrete fragments remain standing as a memento of past and training ground for young generations of graffiti artists. AFP PHOTO ELVIS BARUKCIC / AFP / ELVIS BARUKCIC (Photo credit should read ELVIS BARUKCIC/AFP/Getty Images)

ANGELOS TZORTZINIS

TO GO WITH AFP STORY BY LOU ECONOMOPOULOS A general view taken on August 3, 2012 shows an abandoned training pool for athletes in the Olympic Village left behind after the 2004 Games. Eight years after hosting the Olympic Games in the country where they were born, Greeks seem more interested in finding out if there will be light at the end of their dismal economic tunnel than showing concern about what is happening at the London Olympics. AFP PHOTO / ANGELOS TZORTZINIS (Photo credit should read ANGELOS TZORTZINIS/AFP/GettyImages)

ELVIS BARUKCIC

TO GO WITH STORY BY RUSMIR SMAJILHODZIC - A picture taken on February 5, 2014 shows Sarajevo's abandoned ski jumping venue at Mt. Igman near Sarajevo. Built and used as an Olympic venue during Sarajevo's 1984 Winter Olympic Games, the ramps were heavily damaged during Bosnia's 1992-95 war. They were never rebuilt and it's large concrete structure remains standing as a memento of past. AFP PHOTO ELVIS BARUKCIC / AFP / ELVIS BARUKCIC (Photo credit should read ELVIS BARUKCIC/AFP/Getty Images)

GREG BAKER

This photo taken on July 26, 2016 shows Yingying, one of the five mascots for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games, lying amongst trees and still connected to a giant bicycle behind an abandoned, never-completed mall in Beijing. Photographed weeks before the 2016 Olympics open in Rio, the fallen mascots are a reminder of the high costs of hosting the event. Their derelict state reflects the challenges that China has faced in finding new uses for its Olympic investments, with many venues falling into disrepair and some construction projects left incomplete. / AFP / GREG BAKER / TO GO WITH STORY Oly-2016-Rio-China-mascots-offbeat (Photo credit should read GREG BAKER/AFP/Getty Images)

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(GERMANY OUT) Germany - Brandenburg - Elstal: Deserted houses for the athletes in the former Olympic Village (Olympic Games 1936 in Berlin). (Photo by Martin Sachse/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

Milos Bicanski

ATHENS, GREECE - JULY 31: General view of the Beach Volleyball Olympic Stadium at Faliro Olympic Complex in Athens, Greece on July 31, 2014. Ten years ago the XXVIII Olympiad was held in Athens from the 13th - 29th August with the motto "Welcome Home". The cost of hosting the games was estimated to be approx 9 billion euros with the majority of sporting venues built specifically for the games. Due to Greece's economic frailties post Olympic Games there has been no further investment and the majority of the newly constructed stadiums now lie abandoned. (Photo by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)

Milos Bicanski

ATHENS, GREECE - JULY 31: General view of the Olympic Softball stadium at the Helliniko Olympic complex in Athens, Greece on July 31, 2014. Ten years ago the XXVIII Olympiad was held in Athens from the 13th - 29th August with the motto "Welcome Home". The cost of hosting the games was estimated to be approx 9 billion euros with the majority of sporting venues built specifically for the games. Due to Greece's economic frailties post Olympic Games there has been no further investment and the majority of the newly constructed stadiums now lie abandoned. (Photo by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)

ELVIS BARUKCIC

TO GO WITH STORY BY RUSMIR SMAJILHODZIC - A picture taken on February 5, 2014 shows Sarajevo's abandoned Sarajevo's bob sleigh track near Sarajevo. Built and used as an Olympic venue during Sarajevo's 1984 Winter Olympic Games, the track was heavily damaged during Bosnia's 1992-95 war. It was never rebuilt and it's large concrete fragments remain standing as a memento of past and training ground for young generations of graffiti artists. AFP PHOTO ELVIS BARUKCIC / AFP / ELVIS BARUKCIC (Photo credit should read ELVIS BARUKCIC/AFP/Getty Images)

LEON NEAL

The Central Stadium for the Winter Olympics 2014 is seen through the window of a derelict house in the Sochi district of Adler, on February 18, 2013. With a year to go until the Sochi 2014 Winter Games, construction work and development continues as Olympic tests events and World Championship competitions are underway. AFP PHOTO / LEON NEAL (Photo credit should read LEON NEAL/AFP/Getty Images)

NurPhoto

Abandoned former hockey stadium at the old airport of Hellinikon. Facilities of the Olympic Games of Athens 2004 twelve years after the Games. In Athens, on 25 March 2016. (Photo by Wassilios Aswestopoulos/NurPhoto) (Photo by NurPhoto/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

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(GERMANY OUT) Germany - Brandenburg - Elstal: Deserted houses for the athletes in the former Olympic Village (Olympic Games 1936 in Berlin). (Photo by Martin Sachse/ullstein bild via Getty Images)

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Photos: Abandoned Olympics venues

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