The Rio Farce, Day 10 Evening: Storm Clouds A-Brewing

• She's BAAAAAAACK!!  The Iranian super-fan/activist returned today, with her sign for women's equality in tow, to the match with Russia today.  She was not thrown out, leading Yahoo! Sports to say "Iranian Protestor 1 - International Olympic Committee 0".  Too bad that's all Iran won in that match -- Russia swept them in 3 games.  Iran DID, though, qualify for the quarterfinals on Wednesday.
• We may finally have our first cancelled event.  Mountain biking is effectively held in one or two days on the final weekend.  Too bad that a massive garbage fire, according to Deadspin, has set at least part of the course ablaze, completely uncontrolled!!!!  The field hockey competition has also been impacted, as ashes from the blaze apparently got that far!
• The winds, and accompanying storms, put a hold on track and field tonight.  It got so bad that a couple of the heats of the sprint hurdles race will have lowest finishers rerunning a heat to determine qualifications, and the discus event may be washed out for the night!
• Track cycling crashes are continuing to pile up at the velodrome.  One cyclist was taken from the facility on a stretcher -- full head-immobility protocols! (Deadspin)
• A giant camera has crashed in Olympic Park, several minor injuries and one hospitalization.  It appeared as if there was some warning about the cables holding the camera up, but organizers could not get people to it in time to prevent the plunge.  (Deadspin)
• We DO have (at least to some extent) an Olympic death to report.  A cab crash has claimed the life of Stefan Henze, the coach of the German slalom kayak team.
• Yuliya Stepanova, the whistleblower who helped take down the Russian track team from the Olympics, has blasted IOC President Thomas Bach and believes he may be the wrong person to lead the Olympic movement versus doping.  With Bach's ties to Vladimir Putin, I have one thing to say to that:  DUH!!! (Inside the Games)
• The funding crisis for the Paralympics is hitting epic proportions, with almost everyone involved begging Rio 2016 to make the relevant accounts public to satisfy the Brazilian Federal judge so that more money can be released to ensure the Paralympics take place.  (Inside the Games)
• Speaking of the Paralympics, the Russians will find out if they will be allowed to participate the day after the main Games close.  August 22, their appeal will be decided on by the Council for Arbitration of Sport.  (Inside the Games)
• The man arrested for attempting to illegally re-sell Olympic tickets has been charged, and arrest warrants for at least four executives from a sporting agency who sent him there have also been filed!  (Inside the Games)
• A follow-up on the Paddy Power "Urine Luck" story:  As of right now, Russia has 11 gold medals.  Paddy Power offered a refunded bet to any bettor who bet on a Great Britain athlete or team to win a gold medal, and then find they won a silver medal to a Russian winning gold.  No such scenario has occurred -- yet.  (A similar scenario with the United States, however, has happened twice.)