Curious cases, green hair and unusual records at the Olympics in Rio

Despite many of the worries that preceded the opening of the Olympic Games, they are on, and one can already say that the main sporting holiday of the world took place. In the course of competitions, events sometimes develop dramatically, different surprises occur that attract the attention of viewers. Sincere emotions for their team do not prevent fans from admiring the successes of athletes from other countries, rejoice at their successes, but also notice curious, sometimes very amusing. The middle of the Games is already behind us. So what happened to the events attracted the attention of the inhabitants of the planet?

The American thousand

Undoubtedly, the US is a great country, and the achievements of its athletes are impressive. For the history of the latest Olympic movement, the number of all gold medals won by American athletes has reached a four-digit figure, and it happened exactly in Rio de Janeiro. The award was the result of the victory of the team of swimmers in K. Baker, L. King, D. Vollmer and S. Manuel, won in the relay at four hundred-meter distances. This achievement will undoubtedly go down in the history of world sports, and the number-hungry columnists from the United States have already calculated that it will take about 85 years for China to achieve such an achievement, and Germany for almost two centuries. Of course, it's not the outstanding abilities of athletes from the United States, but the fact that the country has participated in almost all games since the Olympic movement was revived. Other states in this sense were less fortunate, their teams skipped competitions for various reasons. Nevertheless, Russians should not be left out, they already have 703 gold medals (counted), won by the sportsmen of the independent Russia, the RSFSR (before 1991) and the Russian Empire (until 1917).

Unexpected victory of Sculing

The Singapore swimmer Joseph Skuling managed almost impossible, he was ahead of the most titled Olympian of all time Michael Phelps, who won only 5 gold and 1 silver award at these games, and in total he became the Olympic champion 23 times, which in itself is a record that is unlikely Whether it will be possible to beat someone. Such successful athletes all over the world, according to some experts, are born once in a century, while others believe that Phelps is generally one of a kind, and more such will never happen. Joseph Skuling, who considered this swimmer to be his idol, nevertheless managed to defeat him, having gone through a butterfly hundred-meter in 50.39 seconds. He turned out to be a double man, having won the first gold medal for Singapore for the entire period of the country's existence. Is it worth mentioning that Phelps sincerely congratulated his lucky opponent on the victory?

Nuisance Ryan Lochte

They, fortunately, were not very serious, but rather, they can now be called amusing. The American swimmer decided to get used to the Olympics and dyed his hair in platinum color (and so, in general, he is brown). As soon as the swims began, the head of Lokhte acquired a soft green hue, about the same as that described by Ilf and Petrov, which turned out after the paint "Titanic" in Kisa Vorobyaninov. From the point of view of chemistry, everything is clear, there was a reaction with chlorine, which led to chromatic changes, but questions arise to the hairdresser. Maybe that's how it was designed to stun opponents?

But on this trial, Ryan Lochte did not end, he was also robbed, however, in this trouble he is not alone. Brazilian bandits often use weapons during this Olympics, although fortunately, for the time being, only for intimidation. Returning from the representative office of the French team, where the Americans were visiting, three athletes were attacked - the taxi in which they were traveling, stopped by unknown, dressed so that they could be confused with the police. The passengers did not argue and gave all their valuables, including watches and pocket money. All are alive and well.

Monica Puig - opening of the Olympics

An athlete from Puerto Rico, tennis player, for the first time in the history of "freely joined the US territory" will bring home a gold medal. It is all the more surprising that previously she did not show good results, being at the peak of her career only in 33rd place in the world. In Puerto Rico, the best tennis player still never was, and she was sent to Rio, without much hope for success. Sensational victory, a very rare phenomenon in this sport, made us talk about Monica Puig as a rising star.

Dancing Harting

The Germans, who were sick for the thrower of the disc by Christophe Harting, of course, liked his victory, but his behavior at the time of awarding was not very good. When the hymn of Germany sounded, the champion, standing on the pedestal, performed a series of rhythmic movements, which were interpreted as an attempt to dance, obviously, with joy. The athlete himself in this act does not find anything nasty, he claims that in general music loves, and emotions that filled his heart were interfering with him. By the way, and his brother, Robert, also a thrower disc, in 2012 became a gold medalist and celebrated his victory with much greater adventure, he even lost the accreditation card, and he had to spend the night at the station. So the propensity to the rapid expression of joy is, apparently, the family trait of the Hartings. Especially impressive is the attempt to dance to the immortal melody of Haydn, which, of course, is very beautiful, but it is not suitable for this purpose.

Prababushkin's favorite

Every outstanding athlete has his own way to success, and his great-grandmother became the first coach of the South African runner Vaide van Niekerk. She is now 74 years old, and she is certainly very pleased with the success of her great-grandson, who managed to run a four hundred-meter distance in a record time of 43.03 seconds and surpassing the three-quarters of a second achievement of Michael Johnson himself from the United States. Even his own record, Vaide van Niekerke, improved by half a second. So if someone has such a grandmother or great-grandmother, then it is strongly recommended that she obey.

Olympic offer

Two members of the national team of the People's Republic of China, Qin Kai's boyfriend and He Tzu's girlfriend, obviously connected not only team relations, but also mutual cordial affection. At the moment of the highest triumph, when his girlfriend was awarded a medal, the Chinese sportsman committed an act worthy of a real man, and this moment will undoubtedly be remembered by both for life. Qin, kneeling, with all the people asked He for his hands and heart and gave her an engagement ring. It was very beautiful, the whole stadium froze, and when the girl nodded in agreement, the stands exploded with an ovation. Victory is such a victory!

Never give up!

Characterize the athlete is not only his victory. Sometimes the dignity with which he takes his failures speaks eloquently about the person's personal qualities. The seventh place, occupied by the Uzbek gymnast Oksana Chusovitina, did not become an excuse for depression. So, you need to train more and at the next Olympiad to achieve more. The fact that in the year of the upcoming Games she will be already 45, does not bother the athlete. She will certainly win in Tokyo.

And about our

Ilgar Mammadov, the Russian coach of the fencing team, was shaved. He patiently demolished this "penalty", and it is unlikely that at that moment there was a happier person on the planet. He made a mistake and argued his head when Timur Safin and Yana Yegorian became champions of the Games. Mamedov, in order to cheer the team, said that even two awards for them will be many, and athletes added Russia four gold medals and one bronze. Well, a man must keep his word. Especially if he is a coach of champions.