The Rio Olympic Games came, it saw and it conquered leaving us with fond memories of memorable moments such as the blinding speed of Usain Bolt, the domination of Simone Biles and Katie Ledecky, the ageless brilliance of Michael Phelps, the peculiar storytelling of Ryan Lochte.
But we also have weird memorable moments to glimpse at, lets take a peep at them.
1.Phelps Face: Minutes before his 200-meter butterfly race against South Africa’s Chad le Clos, TV cameras caught Michael Phelps glaring hard into the middle distance as le Clos attempted some cheap intimidation tricks. In the end, Phelps won the race and launched a thousand internet memes.
2.Green Pool: We all knew about the green pool as against the blue pool. We knew that coming into Rio the open waters off the coast would be treacherous and unhealthy, but the contained ones seemed safe. That is, until the diving pool turned green one morning, and stayed that way until a full water transfusion.
3. Irish boxer throws a fit: Ireland’s Michael Conlan appeared to have easily defeated Vladimir Nikitin of Russia, but the judges didn’t see it that way. In the wake of the loss, Conlan unleashed a profane rant for the ages, claiming, “I came for gold and I’ve been cheated. I’ll not do another Olympics.” Adding insult to injury, Nikitin ended up dropping out of his next fight, sticking with the bronze.
4.Pole vaulter’s equipment: Japanese pole vaulter Hiroki Ogita failed to qualify for the pole vaulting final after it appeared that he dislodged the pole with, well … with his penis, folks. With his penis. Further replays appeared to show he probably knocked off the pole with another body part, but that wasn’t nearly as painful, or viral, of a story.
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5. The shirtless Tong-an: The Opening Ceremony was a genial, colorful spectacle as athletes from every country marched into Maracana Stadium … that is, until Pita Taufatofua of Tonga, shirtless and greasy enough to slide around the track, led the nation of Tonga. He didn’t exactly light the Olympics on fire in his taekwondo match, but he fluttered plenty of hearts during his brief turn in the spotlight.
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6.The stripping coach: This one came in right under the wire, happening just hours before the Closing Ceremony. The coaches for wrestler Mandak-hnaran Ganz-orig of Mongolia absolutely lost their minds when Uzbeki-stan’s Ikhtiyor Navruzov won a highly curious decision. One coach doffed his shirt, and another stripped to his underwear and screamed in protest, to no avail but high humor.
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7.Diving for gold … on a track: Felix ended up on the wrong side of another controversy, when the Bahamas’ Shaunae Miller dove across the line at the end of the 400-meter run to defeat Felix by 0.07 seconds. It was legal, but it struck many observers as a less-than-upright way to win a foot race.
8.The smiling sprinter: You simply will not find a better photo of Usain Bolt, and probably not a better sports photo all year, than the one where the Jamaican sprinter is smiling as his opponents are racing the sprint of their lives. Bolt is so far ahead of everyone else already; the smile just makes his grace perfection.
9. IOC member arres-ted: You know, when you’ve got a prominent member of the International Olympic Committee accused of scalping tickets for profit, that’s a pretty bad look. But when said member is hauled from his hotel room virtually naked, well, that belongs on a stranger-things-from-Rio list.
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10. Dancing horses: In the actual Olympics, horses danced to Vanilla Ice and Santana.
11. The Unfriendly Egyptian Judoka: El Shehaby who refused to shake the hands of Isreal’s Or Sasson after loosing to him. That one got everyone wondering if El Shehaby was racist or if he was just hurting from his defeat.
And if there are more weird tales of the Rio 2016 Olympic do let us know! Myaybe, just maybe there may never be an Olympic with funny happenings.