<span class="asset-metabar-author asset-metabar-item">AP </span><span class="asset-metabar-time asset-metabar-item nobyline">4:57 p.m. EDT September 2, 2015</span>
<blockquote>American Alex Meyer is among the few who have spoken out. A 2012 Olympian and former world-champion distance swimmer, he wants the open-water venue moved from Copacabana Beach. He did not qualify this year, and feels free to speak.

"I totally support moving it," Meyer told AP. "This is a little bit of a window into why, on many fronts, the Olympic athletes feel like they are just pieces of meat. They (IOC) don't care if we are comfortable or safe. They're just putting on a show and we are replaceable."</blockquote>
via <a href="http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2015/09/02/obstacle-to-moving-rio-olympic-venues-1-400-silent-athletes/71605622/">Obstacle to moving Rio Olympic venues? 1,400 silent athletes</a>.