
A drained pool filled with mud, crumbled roads and overgrown plots of grass.

These eerie images aren't from a post-apocalyptic movie, they are photographs of several Olympic venues in Rio - just seven months after the games finished.

Despite promises from the organisers that the billion-dollar site would be used to benefit Brazil's citizens, it remains deserted and dilapidated.

The country remains in a deep economic and political crisis following the games and critics believe the money spent on the games could have been better spent on developing infrastructure in the country.

These shocking images, taken yesterday, show the remains of a practice pool in front of the Olympic Aquatics stadium at the Olympic Park in Rio

The Olympic Golf course, which is where British golfer Justin Rose scooped the gold medal for the Men's Individual category, is now partially degraded

A series of chess tables, built to entertain the 500,000 foreign visitors who flocked to the South American city last summer, have been left abandoned

The remains of the tennis facilities (right), located near the aquatics stadium (top left), are surrounded by cracked roads and pavements

Volunteers are seen here attempting to dry the tennis court after a spell of rain on day five of the event last summer

Steps leading down to an area of the park show that it is completely deserted, despite an action plan from the International Olympic Committee saying that many areas are being used for training by athletes

What was once the home to the world's best athletes has now been subject to high levels of crime, including looting and vandalism, police said.

The world-famous Maracana Stadium, which also hosted the World Cup final in 2014, is abandoned, the once-luscious green pitch far from the top playing surface it once was.

In the aquatics centre the pool has been drained - a far cry from the impressive venue it was last summer.

‹ Slide me › The BMX track, which saw Swedish athlete Jenny Rissveds and American Connor Fields scooping the gold medals for their countries, has been ripped apart by vandals and is a shadow of its former self

A man is seen practising his techniques on the Olympic Golf Course on what once was a luscious green lawn, which is now overgrown and very dry

A security guard is seen walking in the Olympic Park area. Tours of the park have been suspended following a series of criminal attacks on the site

‹ Slide me › Originally a stunning venue, the aquatics centre, where 13 British athletes won 18 medals, now looks like a building from a post-apocalyptic movie

Adam Peaty celebrating his win after he scooped the gold medal in the Men's 100m Breaststroke Final of the competition last summer

While the venues slowly decay each day, there have been several legal battles over unpaid bills and ownership of the stadium.

Light, the city's electricity company, restored power to the stadium last month after it said the stadium's managers finally paid the 1.3 million reais ($424,670) owed for the months of November, December and January.

The company added it was still due 1.8 million reais from the Rio 2016 organising committee, which the event managers said they would pay.

Four of the new arenas in the main Olympic Park failed to find private-sector management, and ownership was passed to the federal government. Another new arena will be run by the cash-strapped city with Brazil stuck in its deepest recession in decades.

It is thought hosting the Olympics cost the Brazilian government $3 billion, with the rest of the massive bill coming from other sources.

The overall cost of the games is estimated to be around $12 billion.

On Thursday, International Olympic Committee published an action plan outlining the future of what each venue holds.

It said the training pools, Handball arena and the International Broadcasting Centre are either being dismantled currently or will be dismantled in the near future and their materials will be used for the construction of other sites.

In a statement published on Thursday, the International Olympic Committee outlined the future of what each venue holds, including plans for the Aquatic Centre

It said the centre, where an entrance is seen blocked by a makeshift grate, is in the process of being dismantled in the near future and the materials will be repurposed

Polluted water is seen surrounding the site of the Olympic Park. The event is thought to have cost around $12 billion in total

The statement added: 'The five temporary swimming pools were reallocated to other sports facilities in Brazil, including Manaus; Salvador; Palmas/Tocantins; and Guaratinguetá/São Paulo. A fifth pool has been transferred to the Army Physical Education School in Urca, Rio de Janeiro, a sport complex extensively used by National Federations and COB for training and preparation.'

The Hockey sites, the aquatic centre and the Rio Olympic Arena are said to be used for training by athletes and university students for tournaments.

The Via Olimpica and Velodrome are going to be opened to the public, while the Canoe Slalom venue and Tennis Centre have played host to other sporting events since the games.

For the Cariocas Arenas, the statement says: 'Funded using private resources, Arena 1 (basketball) and 2 (Olympic training centre) reverted to the Ministry of Sports in December 2016. Arena 3 now comes under City Hall and will become a public school with a strong emphasis on sport education.'