Olympic village hotel flooded with water after apparent leak

Published Nov. 15, 2016 2:15 p.m. ET

Dan Carson

It's unclear exactly what went wrong in Rio on Thursday night and early Friday morning, but it appears at least one stairwell/wing of the lodgings in the Olympic village is on its way to being underwater.

Czech Olympic cyclist Zdenek Stybar posted an Instagram video of a torrential downpour of water falling in the team's "house" in Rio (presumably the hotel).

There are holes to fill in here, but it looks like it was a clear night in Rio, and barring some other weird possibility, this appears to be the result of a gigantic plumbing failure or break in the hotel's water main.

So, uh, chalk up another strike for the Olympic Village. At least this one wasn't a fire-robbery, so, silver lining there.

Dan is on Twitter. If it can go wrong in Rio...well, you'll get good odds it will.