Tag: Rio 2016
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Do Americans Still Care About the Olympics?
The Rio Games are over, and we have learned a lot. We’ve learned that being a horse is the best job at the Olympics, that a butt-baring Irish bureaucrat is the biggest jerk at the Olympics, and that removing your clothes and dumping them on the scorers’ table is no way to lodge a complaint…
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Rio 2016: Why Team USA Exceeded All Expectations
For Team USA it doesn’t get much better than this. The Americans may not have made a ton of friends in Brazil, given their dust-ups with the law, and all that parading around with an index finger either raised in victory or pointed at other teams’ athletes for being dopers, while Team USA itself had…
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In wake of scandal U.S. swimmer Ryan Lochte has ‘just fallen off the shelf’
“In this day and age, there’s one pretty important rule that anybody in the public eye should think about: Don’t lie,†said Joe Favorito, a sports marketing expert and professor at Columbia. “We live in a world where everything is going to be exposed. Brands are always looking for honest and authentic representatives because there’s…
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Olympic champions go over their routines
Some of Rio’s champions share their breakfast choice, good luck charms, and winning mindset.
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IOC forms disciplinary commission to investigate Ryan Lochte, 3 teammates
The International Olympic Committee has set up a disciplinary commission to investigate the incident involving Ryan Lochte and three of his U.S. swimming teammates at a Rio de Janeiro gas station. IOC spokesman Mark Adams told The Associated Press the panel was formed Friday to look into the behavior of Lochte, Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger…
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Gunnar Bentz Apologizes, Tells Story of Gas Station Incident In Rio
Gunnar Bentz, one of the four U.S. swimmers caught up in the gas station scandal in Rio, has released a statement through the University of Georgia detailing the events of the night in question. Parts of Bentz’s account stand at odds with the alleged robbery story told by teammate Ryan Lochte. Read NBC and full…
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Lochtegate Swimmer Jimmy Feigen To Donate $11,000 To Leave Rio; USOC Apologizes | TODAY
Jimmy Feigen, a U.S. Olympic swimmer apparently connected to the scandal involving Ryan Lochte, has reportedly agreed to donate $11,000 to a charity in Brazil in return for being allowed to leave the country. Two other swimmers, Jack Conger and Gunnar Bentz, have already been allowed to return to the United States. The USOC is…
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Katinka Hosszu: ‘Amazing to share success with someone you love’
It’s a marriage that is literally 24/7. One of swimming’s biggest stars of Rio 2016 is coached by her husband and it’s a relationship that prompted much debate as she stormed to three gold medals. Many have questioned whether it’s possible to navigate the complications involved in a dynamic involving athlete and coach as well…