Ryan Lochte’s banishment from Rio Olympics
Hope Solo’s controversial comment
Diving into a bad-smelling green pool
During the 2016 Rio Olympics, some pools suddenly turned green, and diving in them caused the athlete's itchy eyes. Not only that, the water of the pools were stinking. However, upon investigation, the truth came forth that, in terms of cleaning the water, a contractor poured hydrogen peroxide into the pool, which reacted with chlorine and resulted in such a blunder.
Renaud Lavillenie got humiliation by home fans in Rio
While French pole vaulter Renaud Lavillenie was striving hard to get a gold medal during a competition with Brazilian Thiago Braz da Silva, the audience booed him when he failed to win the competition and ended up winning the silver medal. Afterwards, at the award podium, also audiences booed him, which according to the the IOC President Thomas Bach, was 'shocking' and 'unacceptable'.