United States goalkeeper Hope Solo takes the ball during a women’s Olympic football tournament match against New Zealand at the Mineirao stadium in Belo Horizonte
The latest from the Rio Olimpic games:
– American football goalkeeper Hope Solo says she was not bothered by fans who chanted “Zika, Zika” at her as the U.S. women’s team defeated New Zealand in its Olympic debut on Wednesday [yesterday, Macau time]. The crowd of nearly 10,000 fans at the 60,000-capacity Mineirao Stadium jeered the goalkeeper with the reference to the virus. Solo upset some Brazilians before coming to the Olympics by tweeting a photo of herself wearing a hat with mosquito netting and posting pictures of mosquito repellent that she was packing.
– Olympians can now go for their “Pokemon Go” medals. There had initially been much disappointment among those at the Rio de Janeiro Olympic games that they could not play the “Pokemon Go” game, but as of Wednesday the creatures are popping up everywhere.
– Worried IOC members are grilling the Rio de Janeiro Games organizers about traffic jams, water pollution, security and the absence of signage to give the games its own distinct look. Organizing committee president Carlos Nuzman and CEO Sidney Levy tried to be reassuring but acknowledged it had been “very difficult” to prepare South America’s first games, which have been plagued by slow ticket sales and worries over the Zika virus, crime and security, and costs.
– Russian Olympic Committee president Alexander Zhukov says he expects “between 272 and 280” Russian athletes to be cleared to compete in the Rio de Janeiro Games. Zhukov says he expects a ruling later Wednesday from the IOC on which athletes have been approved.
– Brazilian riot police have used tear gas and pepper spray to disperse protesters in the path of the Olympic torch relay north of Rio de Janeiro. The military police have not responded to immediate requests for information. Hundreds of people were protesting in the neighboring municipality of Duque de Caxias against salary delays of public workers in Rio state. MDT/AP
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