23 olympic games

While he pulled the trick off with few problems, the year-old ended up losing his balance and colliding with the cameraman who was knocked to the floor. Fortunately, he was soon back on his feet, dusting himself off before giving a thumbs up to the young Olympian to assure him he was alright.

Balding ended up trending on Twitter after she was heard to innocently remark to the pair: "Your third leg was just phenomenal. That's likely to have changed since. Alexander Porter suffered a painful fall in the velodrome in bizarre circumstances. The Australian cyclist was travelling at high speed in the men's team pursuit when, out of nowhere, the handlebars of his bike snapped off.

Despite taking a tumble seconds later, Porter escaped the incident without serious injury while because the crash occurred during the qualifying round, the Australians were able to call for a restart. The Israel Olympic baseball team landed themselves in hot water after uploading a video to TikTok of themselves attempting to deliberately break the beds provided to athletes at the Games.

Eager to test out the rigidity of the so-called "anti-sex" beds, began with one athlete bouncing on the bed before another joined him, and then another, and then another and so on. They eventually managed to get nine people jumping up and down on the recyclable bed frame before it eventually gave way.

Despite the humorous tone of the clip, their antics drew criticism with Ben Wanger, the player who originally posted the video, forced to apologize. In the same race in which Ryan Murphy cruised into the men's backstroke final, French swimmer Yohann Ndoye-Brouard was having a day to forget. Having set his sights on a place in the final, Ndoye-Brouard suffered disappointment after failing to spot the flags indicating he would need to flip and push off the fast approaching wall.

As a result, he ended up crashing directly into midstroke. In trying to correct it, he then ended up on his stomach as his feet left the wall, resulting in an instant disqualification. Not that it mattered, with the Frenchman finishing dead last in the heat. He later attributed the error to an ongoing eye condition. A post shared by TyC Sports tycsports. Argentinian fencer Maria Belen Perez Maurice failed to win a medal at the Tokyo Olympics but ended up taking home something else gold and shiny after her longtime coach and partner proposed.

Lucas Guillermo popped the question while Perez Maurice was conducting a television interview, showing a handwritten sign to the camera that read: "Will you marry me, please? The South American athlete, who had rejected her partner's previous proposal in , luckily said yes this time around. Nigerian shot put star Chukwuebuka Enekwechi showed the more mundane side to life at the Olympics in a video shared to social media showing him washing his "only" jersey ahead of an appearance in the final.

In the clip, he can be seen cleaning the garment in a sink full of water. The Nigerian eventually opted to take the video down after the footage sparked criticism of the country's preparations for the games. Annemiek Van Vleuten suffered the gut-churning embarrassment of crossing the line in the women's Olympic road cycling race fully believing she had won in style.

As she completed the race at the Fuji International Speedway, the Dutchwoman could be seen with her arms aloft, expecting to take the adulation in.

There is no radio communication between cyclists and their support team in road races at the Games, meaning Van Vleuten was blissfully unaware of the fact Austrian Anna Keisenhofer had finished one minute and 15 seconds ahead of her. France's Mourad Aliev had appeared on track for a medal in the super heavyweight boxing but ended up being disqualified after the referee repeatedly reprimanded him for using his head to open up a cut above his opponent Frazer Clarke's eye.

Aliev reacted with fury, kicking his gum shield across the ring and remonstrating with the referee. The next few minutes saw the Frenchman gesturing angrily towards Clarke, who tried to calm the situation down, while shouting "I won, I won! He later began hitting a TV camera with his fists after the result was announced and staged a sit-protest on the canvas just outside the ropes, remaining there for 30 minutes.

Woke up and still can't get passed PamelaWare epic fail. Canadian diver Pamela Ware suffered the ignominy of scoring in the 3m springboard event following a major misstep during her attempt. She ended up landing feet-first in the pool, bagging herself a big fat zero in the process. The incident nevertheless caught the attention of many on social media, where her effort drew a mixture of shock and sympathy from fans.

Ware ended up finishing 18th and later took to Instagram to comment on her newfound fame. It could have happened to anybody, but it happened to me at the wrong time. Ukrainian shooter Serhiy Kulish ended up missing out on a medal at the Olympics after suffering the mother of all mishaps—he shot his opponent's target. Kulish won silver in the meter rifle event at Rio in and looked on course for a medal in the meter event in Tokyo having climbed to fourth after 30 shots of the final.

However, he ended up being the first of eight shooters eliminated from the seventh series, later blaming a bizarre wardrobe malfunction for his mistake. One camera operator at the Games got people talking after they decided most people would rather watch a cockroach than an actual game of hockey. Argentinian sports channel TyC had been showing a women's game between Argentina and Spain when suddenly the "action" cut to a random close-up shot of the insect.

Apparently eager to keep up with the action at hand the commentator could be heard to remark "la cucaracha" in case anyone at home was in any doubt. Footage of this bizarre moment soon found its way onto Twitter, prompting much amusement in the process. Among all the photos of the game, Reuters has chosen this one, which only shows how ugly they are.

Don't put politics and ideologies above sports, and call yourself an unbiased media organization. Respect the spirit of Olympics. Chinese state media was none too impressed with the way several 'western' news outlets reported the Olympic gold medal success of Hou Zhihui. Organizations including Reuters were accused of using an unflattering photo of Hou in news pieces reporting her victory in the women's 49k weightlifting event.

In the photo, the year-old can be seen straining as she prepares to lift a weight. Reacting to the choice of picture, the Chinese embassy in Sri Lanka tweeted:. Tokyo OlympicGolf pic. Morocco's Maha Haddioui grabbed the early headlines in the Olympic golf after she got the first hole in one of the Tokyo Games and only the fourth in the history of women's golf at the Olympics.

Though she may not have ended up in medal contention, her impressive feat on the yard 7th hold during Round 2 of the women's golf competition was spectacular to say the least. Huang said that Covid infected staff and athletes will not be able to compete or work, and will be sent to a designated hospital or isolation facility depending on whether the patient has symptoms or not.

Symptomatic patients would be discharged after their body temperature returns to normal, respiratory symptoms disappear, lung inflammation is absorbed and they have presented two consecutive Covid tests within 24 hours.

They will then be able to choose whether to participate in the next stage of the competition or return to work, Huang explained. Read More. As for asymptomatic patients, Huang said they will be tested every 24 hours in the isolation facility and released if they present negative results twice within 24 hours.

This includes one negative test within six hours of competition, when they will be able to return to the Olympics "with some restrictions.

Huang Chun speaks during the State Council's press conference on Thursday. Huang added the Organizing Committee also introduced policies regarding close contacts of positive cases. Affected athletes will have to lodge and eat separately from other participants, commute between their residence and stadium in special vehicles, take Covid tests twice daily, and will be able to compete "under some conditions" if their tests come back negative.

Huang said the Committee and Chinese people were "very concerned" about the possible impact of potential Covid cases inside the Olympic bubble on China's wider society. Han Zirong, Vice President and General Secretary of Beijing Winter Olympic Organizing Committee, added that Covid cases had been found among athletes before boarding and at airport customs upon entry for test events since October.