Ceilings can be seen caving in, while exposed wires hang from ceilings, and buckets are lined up to catch leaks

for the Australian team who have already refused to move in

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New pictures have laid bare the dirty bedrooms, leaking ceilings and exposed wires in Rio's athlete's village which some competitors have branded 'unliveable' and sparked a blank refusal to move in from the Australian team.

With less than a fortnight until the Olympic Games begins in the Brazilian city, athletes have begun arriving at the village which consists of a number of tower blocks.

However, many have complained that the facilities are not up to scratch with delegates from the Australian, Belorussian and Argentinian teams all expressing concern over the rooms for their competitors.

Rubble: A set of ladders can be seen next to a pile of plaster on the ground in the Olympic Village which has been branded 'unliveable' by the Australian team

Leaks: The pictures taken of the section designated to Australian athletes also showed buckets lined up to catch water running down the walls

Pictures show incomplete bathrooms and broken tiles left on the floor in one of the apartments Australia's sportsmen and women were due to use

And now pictures have emerged of inside the athlete's village designated for the Australian team showing how contractors are still working to get the village ready in time, with broken tiles and ladders in one room.

Other images show exposed wires hanging from holes in the ceilings as well as buckets lined up to catch water from leaking walls.

The new pictures come just days after some athletes already at the village reported blocked toilets, leaking pipes and dirty floors at the complex in Rio.

The Australian Olympic team even said they would boycott the village after officials deemed their assigned apartment tower blocks uninhabitable.

Dangerous: Exposed wires can also be seen hanging down from a hole in the ceiling near rooms where the athletes will stay during Rio 2016

Refusal: Australian Olympic boss Kitty Chiller said she decided no Australian team member would live in the allocated building after tests revealed a variety of problems with gas, electricity and plumbing

The new pictures come just days after some athletes already at the village reported blocked toilets, leaking pipes and dirty floors at the complex in Rio

The complex, described as a 'city within the city,' includes a massive cafeteria and gym, a post office, a first aid centre and bank

Australian Olympic boss Kitty Chiller said she decided no Australian team member would live in the allocated building after tests revealed a variety of problems with gas, electricity and plumbing.

'Water came down walls, there was a strong smell of gas in some apartments and there was 'shorting' in the electrical wiring,' she said.

'We have been living in nearby hotels because the village is simply not safe or ready.'

The 31 new residential towers, which each have 17 storeys, are where nearly 11,000 athletes, as well as some 6,000 coaches and other officials will sleep, eat and train at the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Olympics .

The complex, described as a 'city within the city,' includes a massive cafeteria and gym, a post office, a first aid centre and bank.

The village has been described as the largest in Olympic history.

Unfinished: A huge hole in the ceiling of one of the rooms in the village that had fallen through, even though athletes are now moving in

Images show exposed wires hanging from holes in the ceilings as well as buckets lined up to catch water from leaking walls

Filthy: One athlete was greeted with the scene of a dirty floor as they went to move into the Olympic Village ahead of the Games in two weeks time

Village: The high rise flats in the Olympic village that have been designated for the Australian team during the Rio 2016 Games

Rio 2016 communications director Mario Andrada expressed disappointment that some delegations had not found the village to their liking, but stressed that remaining issues would be addressed before the start of the Games next week.

Mr Andrada said: 'We have 630 men working 24 hours a day to fix problems in the Olympic Village and to deliver flawlessly before the end of the week, probably on Thursday.

'We are not ashamed of what has happened, but we are sad that not all the athletes have found (the accommodation) to their liking.'

While athletes are not required to stay in the village - and indeed many of the biggest-name stars may end up staying in alternative housing outside the complex - organisers said the village will be the highest-security facility of a games patrolled by 85,000 police and soldiers.

That is twice as the number of security forces as at the 2012 games in London.

A double fence will ring the perimeter of the complex, and everyone coming in and out will be subject to airport security procedures, complete with X-rays of all incoming bags and luggage.

What the rooms have been billed as looking like in the complex, which has been described as 'a city within the city' in Rio de Janeiro

The apartments all come with air conditioning units and electric mosquito-repelling apparatuses - aimed at preventing the spread of the Zika virus, which has been linked to a surge in Brazil cases of the birth defect microcephaly

Extra maintenance staff and more than one thousand cleaners have been deployed to fix the problems and clean up the accommodation within the athletes' village

Officials have condemned the Athletes' Village in Rio as 'unliveable' two weeks ahead of the Games opening ceremony in Brazil

All the bedrooms are doubles, kitted out with two beds that can be extended out to 2.3 metres for the tallest athletes, as well as what appeared to be a disposable wardrobe made out of fabric stretched over a metal frame.

In the living room, there are a few basic armchairs and a clothes drying rack.

Crucially, the apartments all come with air conditioning units and electric mosquito-repelling apparatuses - aimed at preventing the spread of the Zika virus, which has been linked to a surge in Brazil cases of the birth defect microcephaly.