Before the closing of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro there are few days left, but fans of this grand sport holiday already have something to remember, what to be proud of and even what to laugh about!
Let's discuss the most curious, touching and funny moments of the Rio 2016?
1. Pools with green water
Yes, the pools with green water became the first occasion for jokes in social networks. The organizers explained this incident by the fact that a neutralizing hydrogen peroxide was mistakenly added to the purification system, in which there was already chlorine. As a result, algae simply multiplied in water!
2. Leo archer
It seems that Leonardo DiCaprio did not fully take his share of the glory, while the whole world wondered whether he would get an Oscar or not. At the Olympic Games in Rio, the Oscar-winning actor once again got - it turns out, his fans thought that Leo leads a double life and it is he, and not an archer from the US Brady Ellison, brought his team a silver medal!
3. The rescuer-loser
Another victim of social networks - this time went to one of the rescuers, who was on duty near the pool. Bloggers called it his work - "the most useless in the world"!
4. Floating sofa or sofa-killer
This meme for a long time will cause a smile! It turns out that even on the first "medal" day, a kayak athlete turned over in a collision with a sofa floating beside him. Of course, after the green pools and floating furniture, you can talk a lot about the organization of the Olympics, but from now on, the sofa has its own page and a wanted hashtag - #KayakSofa.
5. How to effectively close the gate
Agree, the Angolan national team on handball note can take one lifhak - how to effectively close the gate. What kind of "grandiose" do they have goalkeeper ...
6. Swimmer-Apollo!
This, almost "apollo" in physique - a swimmer from Ethiopia - got to the competition not at all for sporting merit, but snatched ridicule quite deservedly. It turns out that Robel Kieros Habte is just a son to the president of the swimming federation of Ethiopia!
7. Mohammed Farah
But this first in history three-time British Olympic champion should be given one more award - "for the will to win". During the middle of the final race, Mohammed stumbled and fell, but ... managed to get together, get up and get around all the rivals!
8. 23-time Olympic champion and photo with a fan
And about this story, it seems, will soon be removed from the movie - it turns out that swimmer Michael Phelps could easily be the owner of already 23 gold Olympic medals, but at a distance of 100 meters butterfly he walked ... his fan is the Singaporean Joseph Isaac Shuling.
The press immediately remembered a photo of 8-year-old prescription, on which the future champion is photographed with an idol. Then Schuling was only 13, and Phelps was 31.
9. "Swim" in the race
Another award "for the will to win" goes to Olympic champion Shone Miller from the Bahamas. The athlete not only won gold in the race at a distance of 400 meters, but literally dived behind him, in order to win from the opponent the missing parts of seconds!
See for yourself!
10. Lunch break
Well, the Australian badmintonist Savan Serasinghe was so fed up with a severe diet before preparing for the performance that after losing the athlete went straight to McDonald's and came off there in full - six burgers, six servings of French fries and four packs of chicken nuggets!
11. There is no "no time" for love
Well, the cherry on the cake ... The past Sunday Olympiad in Rio gave fans not only a lot of unforgettable sports moments, but also one romantic. Chinese athlete Qin Kai, after winning a bronze medal, privlelyudno made an offer to his lover - He Zi, who at that moment just received silver for the jump from the three-meter springboard!
Olympic Champion said "Yes!"