Pro golfer Rickie Fowler has had a disappointing season in 2016, but maybe a gold medal in Rio (or some casual Olympic Village playtime) will turn his year around.
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Prior to the Games, the International Olympic Committee announced it would put in place of a mechanism for the Rio Olympics participants to report incidents of abuse or harassment in a bid to protect the athletes, for the first time in the Games’ history. American swimmer Lilly King wagged her index finger in a “no, no, no” gesture after Efimova’s semifinal victory.
Outlining the IOC’s position, its director of communications, Mark Adams, said: “There are a number of options we can look at”.
With U.S. swimmer Michael Phelps claiming a record-extending 19th Olympic gold medal on Sunday as he kicked off his quest for more titles and Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt preparing for an unprecedented third straight 100 meters victory, the Games were now hitting their stride.
“We have already seen (that) in a couple of sports where we have young athletes coming out of nowhere and winning Olympic medals”.
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“I’m not happy that several of my Russian friends, who I have no doubt compete fairly, will not be here”.
“Do I think people who have been caught for doping offenses should be on the team?”
In the men’s events, Russian hopes were resting on hurdler Shubenkov, who pulled off a shock win at the world championships in Beijing previous year with a top-20 time of 12.98 seconds.
“It’s pretty intense…some athletes wait until after their competition [to party] and then others have hookups between practices because they say sex actually helps them reach for the gold”. “There is some suspicions with regard to doping, not only with regard to Russian Federation”.
Over the weekend, matches in the Olympic Village increased by 129 percent and we expect this trend to continue throughout the Games.
New Zealand’s rugby hopes took a massive blow when superstar Sonny Bill Williams suffered a tournament-ending injury in their shock 14-12 opening defeat to Japan.
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Against the background of the tense situation in the world of sports, Russian athletes can easily become a target for anger.
