WATCH: Athletes Post Shocking Footage Of Poor Conditions At Olympic Village

It's been a bumpy ride but we are here. The 2016 Rio Olympics have finally begun but the competition has already been hit by controversy after poor living conditions were exposed by athletes on social media.

Footage from the Olympic Village, in particular the accommodation, has been shared by thousands online and it looks like workers are yet to finish their projects.

Here, Jamaican athletes arrive to unfinished rooms inside Olympic village, with ladders, rubble and bags of cement clearly visible in the footage:

Not a good example.

But rather controversially, Team USA's accommodation in Rio is very, very different - the men's and women's basketball teams have been living it up on their very own cruise ship.

They have been flooding their social media accounts with photos and videos inside the luxurious ship:

They have also provided enhanced security to world-famous players as Carmelo Anthony and Kevin Durant.

Is this fair?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments.

Jack Kenmare

Jack Kenmare is a writer at SPORTbible. He's interviewed some of the biggest names in sport, including Zlatan Ibrahimovic, Pele, Carles Puyol and Tim Henman. He dabbles in all things sport but football is his biggest passion. He was once hit in the head by a wayward strike from Nicky Butt and lived to tell the tale.

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