Olympic host cities spend big money on infrastructure, stadiums and athletes' villages, but what happens after the Olympics leave town?
In some cases, these world-class facilities sit unused and abandoned, years after the medals have been awarded and the cheering spectators have departed.
Check out these 10 photos that show moments frozen in time at Olympic venues that have been abandoned after months and years of use.
Aerial view of the Olympic Aquatics Centre in Athens, Greece, July 31, 2014. (Photo by Milos Bicanski/Getty Images)
An abandoned swimming pool is seen at the former swimming pool site at the former site of the Berlin 1936 Olympic Village in Erstal, Germany, on May 17, 2021. (Photo by Maja Hitigi/Getty Images) A shopping and dining pavilion, now unused because it is off-limits to foreign tourists, is seen at the Zhangjiakou Winter Olympic Village in Zhangjiakou, China, on January 25, 2022. (Photo by Carl Kort/Getty Images) Disused athletes' housing at the former Olympic Village from the Berlin 1936 Olympics. (Photo by Martin Saxe/Ulsteinbild via Getty Images)
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