Activists disrupt IOC's Rio meeting

Environmental activists have burst into the lobby of a luxury hotel on Rio’s Copacabana Beach where IOC officials were meeting in a protest against ecological destruction related to the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Activists disrupt IOC's Rio meeting

Environmental activists have burst into the lobby of a luxury hotel on Rio’s Copacabana Beach where IOC officials were meeting in a protest against ecological destruction related to the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Security guards tried to block the small group of activists, but at least two women managed to push their way into the hotel as IOC president Thomas Bach was chairing a meeting of his executive board on another floor.

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