Kenyan athletes stranded in dilapidated part of Rio after being booted out Olympic village The celebration is well and truly over for the Kenyan Olympic team, who secured the second highest haul of medals […]

The celebration is well and truly over for the Kenyan Olympic team, who secured the second highest haul of medals in athletics at Rio 2016.

With the Olympic village reportedly closed, some members of the team have been forced to spend the night in a dilapidated building.

Unbeliable this is where the rest of kenyan team will spend their night today, after olympic village is closed! pic.twitter.com/h548Ds753g The i newsletter cut through the noise Email address is invalid Email address is invalid Thank you for subscribing! Sorry, there was a problem with your subscription. — Hon wesley korir (@weskorir) August 24, 2016

Wesley Korir, an MP for the Cherangany Constituency in Kenya and a runner who did not finish the men’s marathon in Rio, expressed his outrage at being made to stay in conditions he believed to be below-standard.

‘This is how they treat us’

“The best team in Africa and the second best all over the world in athletics and this is how they treat us,” he said, referring to Kenya’s haul of 13 medals in athletics: six gold, six silver and one bronze. The country came second after the US won 32 medals in the sport.

Korir even suggested that there were security issues around the accommodation, saying the team had been advised to stay indoors after gunshots were heard.

He posted footage of where he claimed the team were being made to stay:

See it for yourselve !! pic.twitter.com/slRBA4gEuj — Hon wesley korir (@weskorir) August 24, 2016

According to Korir, some members of the Kenyan team have returned home including Eliud Kipchoge, who won gold in the Men’s marathon.

But some – including the rest of the marathon runners, boxers and sprinters – remain in Rio, waiting to get a cheap flight back home.

The MP said he called Kenya’s sports minister but he didn’t pick up. The Sports Cabinet Secretary Hassan Wario was questioned by police over the Olympics on Wednesday after complaints of ticket fraud, accreditation inaccuracies, gatecrashers travelling to Rio using resources for athletes and that the uniforms were stolen. There were complaints over how the athletes were treated during the Olympics in general.

On Thursday, it was reported that the Kenyan government had dissolved the National Olympic Committee over its unsatisfactory organisation of the Games.

Water mix-up

Korir is a seasoned distance runner who won the Boston Marathon in 2012 and also the Los Angeles Marathon. He claimed he could not finish the marathon in Rio because of a drinks mix-up at the 30km point.

“Water mix up at 30km where I was handed Stanley’s [Stanley Biwott also took part in the marathon] special drink and he was given mine caused both of us to suffer serious problems [sic]!”

“The Kenyan officials can’t even get water handling right!!! Very p***ed off right now,” he added. There was also no one there to hand Eliud Kipchoge his water bottle as he ran.

i has contacted the Olympics press office for comment.