Little bit of rain won't put these athletes off the huge snaking McDonald's line. True Olympians
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Nico Hines
@NicoHines
World Editor, The Daily Beast.
Previously London for Newsweek and Washington, D.C. for The Times.
TV/Podcast: The World This Week
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Debating the rowdy crowds at #Rio2016 with lots of local people on the BBC World Service in about 10 minutes thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/
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Some of the really expensive hotels have installed their open security scanners. Some U.S athletes staying here
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Brazilians always warn, dont resist the muggers. Guess that applies to Judo medalists. yahoo.com/sports/news/ju
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Yeah, I'm holding an Olympic Gold Medal. No big deal.
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NBC would try to hold back the tide for prime time
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Literally every response to this tweet has "spoil" in it. twitter.com/AP/status/7631
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End of the gymnastics, even the stadium announcer said: "The gold medal wasn't much of a surprise, let's be honest."
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Michael Johnson let's rip at Olympic bosses who pay 'lip-service' to stamping out drug cheats thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/
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If you were a young swimmer and saw Fina's officials attack McLaren, laud Putin, defend Efimova, and hug Sun Yang, WTF would you think?
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Asked Michael Johnson if Usain Bolt is a better athlete than he was: "Absolutely not! No — He comes close..."
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Main message of LA 2024 bid, repeated over and over again: "We're risk free." What they're not saying out loud: Nothing like #Rio2016
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Garcetti introduced by LA 2024 as "an Olympic bid mayor out of Central Casting" -- not sure what that means
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There's always another glutton for punishment. Los Angeles 2024 bid is here to say "Follow the Sun."
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Times has five (5!) Dan Goodfellow pics on back 3 pages. Average of 1.66 GPPs (Goodfellows Per Page). Unparalleled.
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Proper WWE-style bad guy
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Sun Yang putting on a show on pool deck, playing to his supporters.
Good on the NY Daily News for this mea culpa. nydailynews.com/opinion/wrong-
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So weird to celebrate that they let the world's most expensive player leave their academy. £100m cock up.
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REUNITED: bit.ly/2aMXkmp #POGBACK snpy.tv/2b9Voph
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Dan Goodfellow's mum apparently - and rightly - upset that Telegraph (and Mail) airbrushed out her son's triumph twitter.com/goodfellowshar
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The fawning by Olympic journalists is so embarrassing
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Norweigan man says to Bolt: "I don't really have a question I just want to say I really love you man." Then breaks into a rap. Most applaud.
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"The more they ban it (anti-gov protest) the more it makes you want to do it," he said.
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Watching the fencing with Ibtihaj Muhammad's dad. New favourite sport
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Olympic bosses claim 84% of tickets sold. At least 84% of seats empty at the incredible fencing right now
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The booing Brazilians don't give a shit about your 'Olympic spirit' and it's wonderful! thedailybeast.com/articles/2016/
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Yes Minister Brexit special – Sir Humphrey explains all
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The Queen? 👀
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Adam PEATY (GBR): "I did it for the Queen, the Royal Family, everyone back home in Britain. I've given everything." #SW #M100m #brs #gold
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Olympic vault gold medal winner 1932 vs 2012
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Staff at the beach volleyball when they thought no one was looking....(Crowd about to re-enter) #Rio2016
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The Daily Beast Copacabana bureau.
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Losing athletes complaining about Brazil fans getting carried away supporting the home team. Suck it up. mobile.reuters.com/article/idUSKC
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Obviously, it would be hugely childish & wrong to chuckle at Linus & Florian, the backbone of Germany's hockey team.
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Little wonder why sunsets are applauded on Copacabana as the moment is beautiful, and it is worshiped accordingly.
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Reminder that the Paralympics has banned the entire Russia team based on the exact same report that the Olympics brushed under the carpet.
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