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.

Respect the spirit of #Olympics.- Chinese Embassy in Sri Lanka July 24, 2021Ĭhinese state media was none too impressed with the way several 'western' news outlets reported the Olympic gold medal success of Hou Zhihui. France's Yohann Ndoye-Brouard hits the wallĪmong all the photos of the game, has chosen this one, which only shows how ugly they are.ĭon't put politics and ideologies above sports, and call yourself an unbiased media organization. 'We meant no disrespect, and just wanted to show off how effective and sturdy the beds are in the Olympic Village,' he said. They eventually managed to get nine people jumping up and down on the recyclable bed frame before it eventually gave way.ĭespite the humorous tone of the clip, their antics drew criticism with Ben Wanger, the player who originally posted the video, forced to apologize.

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.Įager 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. Madsen cut a frustrated figure in the aftermath, with pictures showing him standing over Tanfield, verbally berating his opponent, before storming away from track at the Izu velodrome. What made it worse was that the crash was largely down to Madsen, who had been looking down at the black tape on the track, rather than what was in front of him and failed to spot that Tanfield had dropped off from the rest of the British riders. We're incredibly proud of our team and their performance over the competition 🇬🇧👏 #Tokyo2020 #TeamGB /OUW4fe0gbe- British Cycling August 3, 2021ĭenmark's Frederick Madsen lived up to his last name after launching into an expletive-laden rant at Great Britain's Charlie Tanfield after the two cyclists collided during the final lap of the men's team pursuit. Denmark advance to the gold medal final in the men's team pursuit.

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