His silver locks have now started to go green as well. American swimmer Ryan Lochte dyed his hair platinum before Rio but he must have not read the small print on the bottle about avoiding chlorine. The pools are not the only things turning green. Olympic officials said they had pinpointed the reason - a chemical imbalance caused by too many people using the water. Not again! After the Rio diving pool turned green, the nearby pool used for water polo and synchronised swimming went from aqua blue to swamp green.
What's the happiest you've ever seen anyone? Whatever it was there's a good chance German rifle shooter Barbara Engleder has just gazumped it after winning Olympic gold at the fourth attempt. Ebner is heading back to the States to resume his NFL career with the New England Patriots. USA rugby sevens man Nate Ebner is returning to the day job after his side's ninth-place finish in the competition. That's the view of International Olympic Committee vice president John Coates. The Olympic Games so far: Great action, disappointing crowds. This owl was looking to get a good spot to see Justin Rose hit the first hole-in-one But what if you hit an owl? Well, it'll probably be pretty cross. If you hit a birdie in golf you are one under par for a hole, an eagle is two under and an albatross is three under. Gold-medal winning skeleton racer Lizzy Yarnold spotted the flying fish's bid for Olympic stardomĭid you know that when Michael Phelps was preparing for the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, he swam 80,000m per week? Well, you do now. However, all four rowers were upstaged by a fish. (Today) external-linkīritain's Katherine Grainger and Victoria Thornley took silver in the double sculls as Poland's Magdalena Fularczyk-Kozlowska and Natalia Madaj won gold. Not only will Hill now get to see his son in action but he'll also be with him for his 23rd birthday.
That was until a passenger heard his story and set up a fundraising page to get him to Rio.
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(Twitter) external-linkĪmerican taxi driver Ellis Hill didn't think he'd get the chance to see his son Darrell compete in the shot put. You won't be surprised to find out which sport four-time Olympic gold-medal winning sprinter Michael Johnson is looking forward to starting on Friday. (Twitter) external-link USA soccer player Alex Morgan was left (virtually) speechless by the performances of compatriots Biles and Aly Raisman Hollywood star Efron tweeted Biles earlier in the week but she made it clear she wouldn't be chasing him It's fair to say that she enjoyed the experience. Ghostbusters actress Leslie Jones was there to see Biles win her second gold medal. Potter currently resides in Atlanta, Ga., with her husband Peter Lasser.Biles tweeted this before heading to the women's all-around final where, predictably, she took the gold She was elected to the Indiana University Hall of Fame, the International Swimming Hall of Fame, and received the ISHOF’s Paragon Award in 2014.
Potter competed for a record 20 years, both on the springboard and the platform. Potter holds a record 28 NCAA diving championships and 20 gold medals in world competitions. She was named World Diver of the Year three times (1970, 19) and captured a silver medal at the 1978 World Diving Championships. She also has lent her expertise to the network’s coverage of the Olympic Trials in 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008, the 1995 World Cup of Diving, and the National Diving Championships.Īs a competitor, Potter was a member of the 1972, 19 U.S. Potter has been an analyst for NBC Sports’ Olympic coverage since the 1992 Olympic Games in Barcelona. Cynthia Potter serves as a diving analyst for NBC Sports Group at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games.
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