News The population of the Rio 2016 Olympic Village has grown to 2,400 since the official opening on Sunday Six hundred of those guests are athletes, representing 120 countries The first 26 Australian athletes were due to enter the village on Tuesday (26 July) evening, after delaying their entry on Sunday Speaking at a press conference in Barra Olympic Park on Tuesday afternoon, Ian Borrows of Australia's canoe slalom team, said: "It's really good, awesome to finally get into the village and get the buzz that's happening around the village as all the athletes start to come in " Burrows also praised the competition venue, where they have been training: "We get to train twice a day on probably one of the best courses in the world at the moment, so training conditions are really awesome," he said His team-mate Jessica Fox said: "It’s really exciting to finally be here in Rio and to have trained on the course It's a good set-up, the venue is great " While final adapatations to buildings are scheduled to be completed before the main bulk of athletes arrives later in the week (at peak time the complex will host more than 17,000 guests), competitors already in the village are still busy posting their snaps on Instagram and Twitter The giant dining hall is proving popular with the athletes in the village Belarusian basketball player Aliaksandra Tarasava told Rio 2016: "The food is good There are many small stations, like a station for fish, another for vegetables, another for meat There are a lot of options, and you can choose whatever you want, whatever you like "  Brazil's tropical fruits fuelling athletes’ dreams at Rio 2016 Hannes Aigner, who won bronze for Canada in canoe slalom at London 2012, poses in the cafeteria Stephanie Devaux-Lovell of Saint Lucia's sailing team told Rio 2016: "We've just arrived this morning and everything is pretty awesome The room is comfortable, the wi-fi works well, everything is fine The food is awesome, I ate too much!" Canadian hockey player Mark Pearson took this beauty of his first Rio sunset as seen from the Olympic Village Fellow Canadian Shelina Zadorsky couldn't contain her Olympic fever, taking this snap which was shortly followed by shots of herself and Canadian football team-mates in front of Christ the Redeemer statue While the sheer beauty of the host city seems to be enchanting the athletes, Angolan handball coach Felipe Cruz is still awaiting the arrival the world's elite bodies Speaking at what is his first Olympic Games, Cruz said: "We're training in the athletes' village, the structure is great, for handball alone there's three courts "The only thing missing are more athletes Those giant msucular ones that we think of when we think about the Olympic Games But they'll be here soon "