At this point in Rio I had already seen one dead body, though in fairness it was under a sheet. Israeli IOC member Alex Gilady has been accused of rape by four women. Rio Irish IOC member Patrick Hickey was arrested on ticket-scalping accusations, which eventually went away. “We obviously had an incident here yesterday at the Games, with security, with a volunteer, and we take that very gravely,” said IOC spokesman Mark Adams. We are now eight days into this 16-day lifetime of the soul, and nothing has derailed the Games yet.

Source: thestar February 16, 2018 17:03 UTC