According to a Tinder spokesperson, matches in the Olympic Village have soared to 129 percent over the weekend with the expectation of more of that activity to come as the games continue. American swimmer Lilly King wagged her index finger in a “no, no, no” gesture after Efimova’s semifinal victory.
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“It breaks what sport is meant to be and that’s what pisses me off”, Phelps said.
Meanwhile, Russian athletes are being booed by crowds in Brazilian stadiums.
“With a global audience of three or four billion people it is the most watched event”.
But falling victim to the age-old battle of sneakily trying to get your hands on condoms without half the supermarket – or half the world’s elite athletes – finding out about it, insiders reveal the condoms are housed in giant green vending machines and very publicly located in the Village’s lounges and food hall.
From Team USA, there’s 21-year-old diver Kassidy Cook, 20-year-old swim team member Simone Manuel, 31-year-old swimmer Ryan Lochte, 33-year-old Olympic gold 400m runner Dee Dee Trotter, 26-year-old world silver 100m runner Mookie Salaam, and U.S. Ski team’s Patrick Kenney and Jared Goldberg. “If somebody is taking steroids for weeks and months and has a whole system around him, there is so much cheating energy I do not think such athletes should compete ever again”. The Rip Paralympic Games will be held on September 7-18.
“You’re not going to solve the problem by pointing your finger at an athlete and making that athlete the villain”, he later added.
Now that is downright refreshing.
Instead, the IOC gave worldwide sports federations the authority to decide which individual Russian athletes could compete. “I’ll make another try”. I remember from my early Christian training and my journey on the road to my Eagle Scout award that honor, character, and integrity counted for something. One should also take into account that “our” disciplines are still ahead – wrestling and several other disciplines, I also want to hope for (good results) in kayaking and canoeing.
“We are doing great”. The IOC’s unwritten rule for the world’s athletes of don’t ask, don’t tell and don’t comment about those who dope is now being exposed and must no longer be the rule.
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