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TEN YEARS AFTER ATHENS 2004 OLYMPICS – Thanassis Stavrakis Photography

Thanassis Stavrakis Photography

TEN YEARS AFTER ATHENS 2004 OLYMPICS

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TEN YEARS AFTER ATHENS 2004 OLYMPICS

The final cost of the Games at 8.5 billion euros, double the original budget but a drop in the ocean of the country’s subsequent 320 billion-euro debt, which spun out of control after 2008. While economists agree it would be unfair to blame sky-high unemployment, slashed incomes and the violent overhaul of Greece’s economy on the 17-day Games, most experts lament the post-Olympic era as a decade of lost opportunities.

The remains of a fountain decorated with the Olympic rings and graffiti-defaced marble blocks dedicated to Greek Olympic medal winners are seen at the Olympic village in northern Athens. (August 2014)

A chair sits in the murky waters of an abandoned training pool for athletes at the Olympic village in northern Athens.(August 5, 2014)

A frog inhabits the murky waters of an abandoned training pool for athletes at the Olympic village in northern Athens. (August 5, 2014)

A frog inhabits the murky waters of an abandoned training pool for athletes at the Olympic village in northern Athens. (August 5, 2014)

A graffiti-defaced a marble block with the Olympic Rings at the Olympic village in northern Athens.(August 5, 2014)

A graffiti-defaced a marble block dedicated to Greek Olympic medal winners at the Olympic village in northern Athens. (August 5, 2014)

A worker fixes a light at Agora in the Olympic complex as the Olympic Velodrome is seen in the background in northern Athens. (August 6, 2014)

The abandoned softball venue is seen at the former Helliniko Olympic complex in southern Athens. (August 6, 2014)

Worn press seats are seen at the Outdoor Olympic Swimming Pool of the Olympic Complex in northern Athens.(August 6, 2014)

The abandoned baseball venue is seen at the former Helliniko Olympic complex in southern Athens. (August 6, 2014)

The abandoned canoe/kayak venue is seen at the former Helliniko Olympic complex in southern Athens. (August 6, 2014)

The abandoned beach volleyball Olympic venue is seen behind a broken window in Neo Faliro, southern Athens. (August 6, 2014)

The abandoned beach volleyball Olympic venue is seen in Neo Faliro, southern Athens. (August 8, 2014)

The abandoned beach volleyball Olympic venue is seen in Neo Faliro, southern Athens. (Aug. 8, 2014)

The Outdoor Olympic Swimming Pool and Olympic Velodrome of the Olympic Complex are seen in northern Athens. (August 6, 2014)

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