Japanese pole vaulter’s Olympic dream crushed because penis knocks off bar
U.S. gymnast Simone Biles got a kiss from her celebrity crush Zac Efron.(Simone Biles / Twitter)
By Sammy HudesStaff Reporter
Wed., Aug. 17, 2016
Heres what everyone is talking about after Day 11 of the 2016 Olympic Games:
Efron arrives
Gymnast Simone Biles got the surprise of her dreams when Zac Efron showed up to meet her and the rest of the U.S. womens gymnastics team in Rio de Janeiro.
Biles, who won four gold medals at the Games, holds no secrets about her crush on the actor. The 19-year-old even keeps a life-size cardboard cutout of him in her room back home.
Efron had been cheering on the team from afar during the Games, showing a particular admiration for Biles.
It was a thrill for Biles in particular, who finally got to meet her celebrity crush after the two exchanged messages on social media. Efron gave Biles a kiss on the cheek, prompting Biles to tweet just call me mrs. efron already. Efron posted that his Olympic dream came true by meeting the team.
Efron appears to have pizza plans with the rest of the gymnastics team coming up.
Michael Phelps warm-up stretch involves leaning over and rapidly flapping his arms around his chest, slapping the back of his shoulders in an almost self-hug motion.(CHRISTOPHE SIMON)Its the newest craze, at least in China. You may have noticed Michael Phelps warm-up stretch that he does each time before diving into the pool. It involves leaning over and rapidly flapping his arms around his chest, slapping the back of his shoulders in an almost self-hug motion. For some reason, fans in China are very intrigued by it, taking to social media to mimic the stretch.
On Chinese social media network Weibo, the hashtags #Feiyubao and #Feiyubaobimohoubei, which roughly translate to Phelps crossing arms while touching his back, are associated with the maneuver. It seems to be an online competition of how far one can stretch their arms across their back while performing the stretch, with some even bragging about being able to link their two hands.
Size matters
Japan"s Hiroki Ogita competes in the men"s pole vault qualifying round in Rio. He failed to clear the bar at 5.45 metres on his first attempt.(FRANCK FIFE)When Hiroki Ogita flew to Rio for these Olympic Games, he probably didnt think his pole vaulting dreams would be ruined by his own pole.
Competing Saturday in the qualifying round, the Japanese pole vaulter failed to clear the bar at 5.45 metres on his first attempt. Although, he later did clear the bar, he would be eliminated from the event due to the earlier miss, having ranked too low among the field of competitors.
His error is not uncommon. Pole vault is a difficult event, one that requires an athlete to get out of their own way to have success.
Ogita, unfortunately, wasnt able to get one very important part of his body out of his own way. His p***s.
A replay of his jump shows that his knees and legs grazed the bar, but it was his own private area that really brought it down. The clip would serve well as a demo video for companies that sell tight fitting shorts.
Food lineups to blame
See the empty seats at the Olympic Stardium in Rio? Apparently everyone"s gone to get something to eat.(DYLAN MARTINEZ)If youve noticed Rios Olympic venues virtually empty during the Games, its probably because 40,000+ people are stuck in one giant food lineup in the concession. At least, thats one possible cause, according to Rio organizers.
In some venues, people... leave, especially to get food. This is a matter that has been discussed from day one here, Olympic spokesperson Mario Andrada told a news conference on Tuesday. Olympic tickets have been a tough sell in Brazil, where the country is amid a recession, while fears surrounding the Zika virus have kept many tourists from coming to the Games. Officials claim ticket sales have been strong but that fans havent shown up.
We understand that some athletes are disappointed. We understand that the media is worried, Andrada said. We are worried.
Double standards
Once womens gymnastics took its current form in the mid-1900s, officials apparently sought to feminize the sport through performances set to music.(BEN STANSALL)When female gymnasts perform their floor routines, they do so with background music. When male gymnasts perform their floor routines, they dont use music. Many have wondered why that difference exists, taking to social media to call it sexist.
Turns out, thats pretty much spot on. The difference apparently dates back to a tradition as old as the modern Olympics themselves. When the Games began in 1896 and only men competed, the focus of gymnastics was on strength, not performance.
Once womens gymnastics took its current form in the mid-1900s, officials apparently sought to feminize the sport through performances set to music.
Sexist moments have been called out aplenty these Olympics. On Sunday, the BBC praised Andy Murray in an interview for his second consecutive Olympic gold medal in tennis, calling him the first person to win two gold medals in the sport.
I think Venus and Serena [Williams] have won about four each, Murray replied.
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