Rio 2016 bus driver takes swimmers to wrong venue

The semi-finals of the women's 50 metres freestyle were held up at the Rio Olympics on Friday night when a bus driver got his venue acronyms wrong.

Rio 2016 bus driver takes swimmers to wrong venue

The semi-finals of the women's 50 metres freestyle were held up at the Rio Olympics on Friday night when a bus driver got his venue acronyms wrong.

Britain's Fran Halsall and two other competitors boarded a bus that was meant to take them from the Athletes' Village to the swimming pool, only 15 minutes away, but found themselves speeding towards the athletics venue on the other side of the city.

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