- The good news for Team Great Britain: They're pulling out all the stops for the gold-medal runners-up on the table. There's a national day of celebration planned Saturday. British Airways gave them a special flight on the way home.
- There was one piece of bad news, though, from the official team Twitter account through Deadspin, is what they had to deal with when they got back:
— Team GB (@TeamGB) August 23, 2016
If you've ever been through a baggage check, you know this nightmare -- and that's BEFORE every bag in the place is the same damn bag and color.
- The ruling is in from the CAS: Russia is OUT of the Paralympics. Makes the IOC decision to include them even more puzzling and probably political.
- There are a lot of people who think golf might not survive in the Olympics after many of the professionals decided Zika was a little too much to deal with. Zach Johnson doesn't want golf in the Games, it appears -- too relevant all the time rather than one shot every four years. (Yardbarker)
- The weightlifting sanctioning body has released 11 names of failed retests from the Beijing Games, which brings the number to fifteen, eight of them medalists, three of them gold medalists from China in the women's weightlifting. The 48, 69, and 75kg women's winners all tested positive for a compound called GHRP-2. (Basically, HGH replacement.) Three medalists from Belarus, four weightlifters from Kazakhstan, and two medalists from Russia are also on the list. (Inside the Games)
- The symbolic move of the Summer Games to Tokyo has begun, as the Olympic flag exchanged in the Closing Ceremony has made it's way to the Japanese capital. (Inside the Games)
- To no one's surprise, the Ethiopian runner, Feyesa Lilesa, who made an "X" gesture at the finish line in support of his tribe after claiming silver in the men's marathon has not returned home. Amnesty International reports 67 members of his tribe were, in fact, killed in Ethiopia over the weekend. (Inside the Games)
- Though Ethiopia saluted it's Olympic successes, it ignored Lilesa in mentioning so. Word is, Lilesa may end up seeking asylum in the United States.
- The Efimova-Phelps feud continued after her comments surrounding the American champion, with Efimova stating Phelps was "unpleasant" to her after her comments. (Inside the Games)
- There will be 680 hours of live Paralympic coverage -- you'll have to go to Dailymotion, though, to get it. It is progress, though. (Inside the Games)
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