Sewage flows from Games athletes' showers
Olympic sailors have been forced to temporarily abandon the athletes' village in southwest England after sewage came out of their showers.
Australian gold medal hopeful Nathan Outteridge was forced to spend a night in a hotel overnight after the foul-smelling effluent bubbled up into a bathroom area.
"They did a good job and got us out of the village and put us in a hotel and they fixed it overnight.
"It was just a minor drama - it happens," he told AAP.
A number of other sailors were forced to temporarily abandon the village, which is a stone's throw from the Olympic sailing venue in Weymouth.
All have since been allowed back and the problem fully rectified.
Mean while Outteridge, 26, who is hoping to win the 49er skiff class, revealed some of his Olympic Games superstitions - including refusing to cut his hair or beard.
"I'll have a shave just before the competition starts, but the main rule is you don't have a haircut," he continued.
"Sailors generally also don't wear regatta clothing but when it's standard issue you don't have much choice."
He also revealed that it's bad luck to wear green on sailing boats - but was speaking while wearing the green and gold of Australia.
"I guess we don't have a whole lot going for us at the moment!" he joked.