Non-sports-fan-wrap-up of the Rio Olympics SO FAR
After three days in the international spotlight, Mack Horton has commented on the aftermath of his doping comments which riled up millions of Chinese swimming fanatics: “Pretty standard. 30,000 new Instagram followers.” Read more about his comments here. (https://www.buzzfeed.com/davidmack/apologize-to-sun-yang?bffbmain&ref=bffbmain&utm_term=.ix0GbPXZA#.dx95adklQ) The Olympic diving pool turned into a shade dark green yesterday, with Brazilian officials explaining it as “a proliferation of algae … because of heat and a lack of wind,”. Michael Phelps has won his 21st Olympic Gold medal last night, affirming the rumours that he is, in fact, a barracuda.
World No1 Serena Williams has unexpectedly lost against Ukrainian Elina Svitolina in the third round of the women’s singles. Police have detained Moroccan boxer Hassan Saada and Namibian flag bearer and boxer for two separate counts of sexual assault within the Olympic village. Russian athletes have experienced hostile reactions from Rio crowds thus far, following evidence of state-sponsored doping. A 5.56mm military bullet was shot into the equestrian press-office tent. Nobody was harmed but it certainly caused commotion amongst the Horse & Hound journalists. Argentinian tennis player Juan Martin del Potro, world number four, was trapped in an elevator at the Olympic village for 40 minutes. With no phone signal, he banged on the doors until the Argentinian handball team wrenched them open. We can assume that his day got a little brighter as he came out with a win against World No1 Novac Djokovic. Take that, elevator!
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