The Rio Farce, Day 10: Gossip and other pastimes...

• There has always been rumor that one of the non-mentioned pastimes of the Olympics is, as one podcaster put it, genetically perfect people fucking the two weeks away.  Turns out that this has probably ended one of the synchronized diving teams from Brazil.  If you're so inclined, Deadspin has some more details.
• Gabby Douglas is hurt by the criticisms she's taken over her conduct on the gymnastics podium as her teammates were doing well in the all-around.
• One of the more interesting competition stories has come from wrestling.  Russian Roman Vlasov defended his gold medal in his Greco-Roman weight class.  That's fine and normal.  What makes this a story is that during his semifinal match, he was legally choked out!  Somehow, this was not ruled the end of the match, and Vlasov came back to defeat his opponent on points.  (Not sure how that worked.)  (Deadspin)
• The TSA, last night, evacuated a terminal of JFK Airport due to reported gunfire.  The story now, if Deadspin has it right, is that it wasn't gunfire...  It was people cheering on Usain Bolt!  I'm not the one making this up if it's not true!!!
• There has been an emergency meeting about the Paralympics.  The mayor of Rio de Janeiro has promised to cover the necessary funds for the September event to go forward.  We'll see about that.  (Inside the Games) 
• Darya Klishna can compete for Russia in the women's long jump, the CAS has ruled. (Inside the Games daily blog)
• Continuing the farcical operations of the Rio Games, the women's open-water swimming marathon had to improvise it's start when the pontoon which was supposed to be the starting platform was swept away into the ocean!  (Inside the Games daily blog)