Summer Olympics 2016 Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

[Lynn49]

^ I have enjoyed some radio stations playing some of his past 'stupid' comments -

http://ryanlochtesays.onsugar.com/

http://thechive.com/2013/06/08/the-t...hte-17-photos/

Yep, nice house, @Natalka ...too bad the elevator doesn't go to the top floor.

[Natalka]

Russia loses appeal on ban of Paralympic athletes

LAUSANNE, Switzerland — The Court of Arbitration for Sport has confirmed Russia’s ban from the Paralympic Games as punishment for a state-backed doping program.
CAS announced its urgent verdict Tuesday to dismiss the Russian Paralympic Committee’s appeal against exclusion from the Sept. 7-18 games in Rio de Janeiro. A hearing was held in Rio on Monday.

The court said its judges ruled that the International Paralympic Committee “did not violate any procedural rule” in banning the Russian team two weeks ago.
Also, the panel says the Russian appeal “did not file any evidence contradicting the facts on which the IPC decision was based.”

http://globalnews.ca/news/2897547/ri...mpic-athletes/

[Natalka]

And here is the true meaning of BIG BABY... Hope Solo's picture is in the dictionary beside the phrase poor loser.

“We played a bunch of cowards. The best team did not win today. I strongly, firmly believe that.”
"Sweden dropped back. They didn't want to open play. They didn’t want to pass the ball around. They didn’t want to play great soccer, entertaining soccer. It was a combative game. A physical game. Exactly what they wanted. Exactly what their game plan was. We had that style of play when Pia was our coach. I think it was very cowardly. But they won, they’re moving on. And we’re going home,"


http://www.latimes.com/sports/olympi...htmlstory.html

U.S. Soccer has announced that Hope Solo has been suspended from the USWNT for six months following the comments she made about Sweden’s performance in the quarterfinal match that saw the U.S. eliminated from the 2016 Olympics in the quarterfinals.

“The comments by Hope Solo after the match against Sweden during the 2016 Olympics were unacceptable and do not meet the standard of conduct we require from our National Team players,” said U.S. Soccer President Sunil Gulati in a statement on Wednesday evening. “Beyond the athletic arena, and beyond the results, the Olympics celebrate and represent the ideals of fair play and respect. We expect all of our representatives to honor those principles, with no exceptions. ”


The statement said that prior incidents were considered “as well as the private conversations we’ve had requiring her to conduct herself in a manner befitting a U.S. National Team member” when determining the length of the suspension. Solo was suspended in 30 days back in 2015 for a build-up of conduct issues. Even considering her prior conduct problems, the length of suspension is surprising for simply inflammatory comments, but U.S. Soccer made it clear in the statement that there is likely more to this than meets the eye.

US Soccer has also terminated Hope Solo's national team contract.

http://soccer.nbcsports.com/2016/08/...eden-comments/

[GoJays]

Good. Sounds like this is an ongoing issue with her.

[lecale]

Good. Sounds like this is an ongoing issue with her.

She's had incidents with alcohol and assault in her past...I am sure they have had enough of her at this point.

Ryan Lochte, OTOH, is going to be on Dancing with the Stars

How long before he gets voted off?

[Natalka]

Rio police charge Lochte with false report of robbery

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police have charged American swimmer Ryan Lochte with filing a false robbery report over an incident during the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.


A police statement Thursday says Lochte will be informed in the United States so he can decide whether to introduce a defense in Brazil. The indictment will be sent to the International Olympic Committee's ethics commission.

http://www.khou.com/sports/rio-polic...bery/308386240

[walkonby]

Rio police charge Lochte with false report of robbery


RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police have charged American swimmer Ryan Lochte with filing a false robbery report over an incident during the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.


A police statement Thursday says Lochte will be informed in the United States so he can decide whether to introduce a defense in Brazil. The indictment will be sent to the International Olympic Committee's ethics commission.

http://www.khou.com/sports/rio-polic...bery/308386240

oh wow!! I had a feeling they ( Brazil ) would not let him insult them in this way, so he better get his defense ducks all in a row and wipe that pompous smile off his face soon.

[Lynn49]

Dancing with the Stars? I think not. Perhaps Dancing Behind Bars! You're so right, @walkonby : he insulted the people of Rio and Brazil is well within its rights to prosecute.

Hope Solo otoh....too much testosterone, me thinks. Wonder if she was legitimately drug tested...

[Darth Penguin]

Rio police charge Lochte with false report of robbery


RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian police have charged American swimmer Ryan Lochte with filing a false robbery report over an incident during the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.


A police statement Thursday says Lochte will be informed in the United States so he can decide whether to introduce a defense in Brazil. The indictment will be sent to the International Olympic Committee's ethics commission.

http://www.khou.com/sports/rio-polic...bery/308386240

Guess he wasn't expecting Brazil to have CCTVs...

[Natalka]

[Natalka]

With a flourish of red and white, flag-bearer David Eng led Canadian athletes into the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games in Rio de Janeiro.

"This is a moment I will cherish forever," Eng told The Canadian Press. "I'm feeling so blessed. It was an even greater feeling to have my wheelchair basketball teammates enter the stadium right behind me and to share this precious moment with them. I love them so much."

[Lynn49]

I hope they sanction Belarus or at least give them a d*mn good slap on their wrists!! Stupid clods!

[Lynn49]

Lochte given 10 month suspension, which means he'll miss the 2017 World Championships.

Still having fun, Sweetie??

http://www.cnn.com/2016/09/07/us/rya...te-suspension/

[Natalka]

I hope they sanction Belarus or at least give them a d*mn good slap on their wrists!! Stupid clods!

A Belarus official who carried a Russian flag into the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games has been banned from the competition.

Andrei Fomochkin, has had his accreditation for Rio cancelled by the IPC.

IPC head of media Craig Spence - "We check all teams before they go out into the stadium at every single Games, so that flag was pretty well hidden on that person because all of the Belarus team was searched before they went out and the flag was somewhere on the person that we didn't notice."

(BUT, of course....)

"A hero has appeared amongst us," said Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for Russia's Foreign Ministry.

Fomochkin has received support from Belarus for his gesture.
"This was the right thing," Dmitri Mironchik, press secretary for Belarus's Foreign Ministry, told RIA Novosti. "If we need to answer for these gestures, then we will answer."

http://www.bbc.com/sport/disability-sport/37310337

[Lynn49]

A Belarus official who carried a Russian flag into the opening ceremony of the Paralympic Games has been banned from the competition.

Andrei Fomochkin, has had his accreditation for Rio cancelled by the IPC.

IPC head of media Craig Spence - "We check all teams before they go out into the stadium at every single Games, so that flag was pretty well hidden on that person because all of the Belarus team was searched before they went out and the flag was somewhere on the person that we didn't notice."

(BUT, of course....)

"A hero has appeared amongst us," said Maria Zakharova, a spokeswoman for Russia's Foreign Ministry.

Fomochkin has received support from Belarus for his gesture.
"This was the right thing," Dmitri Mironchik, press secretary for Belarus's Foreign Ministry, told RIA Novosti. "If we need to answer for these gestures, then we will answer."

http://www.bbc.com/sport/disability-sport/37310337

Ah. Good! Thanks, @Natalka , I'm glad he's gone!
They should have sanctioned the whole team! Don't tell me they didn't all conspire and know about it.