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“I was quite surprised by that. It is not OK to pee in the pool.”
David Cameron on Ryan Lochte and Michael Phelps’s revelation that they had peed in the Aquatic Centre pool.
“I swear, sometimes I think some Americans shouldn't leave the country.”
Carl Lewis on Mitt Romney’s Olympics gaffes.
“They are glistening like wet otters.”
Boris Johnson takes predictable pleasure in a rainy day at the beach volleyball.
“They hide their wheels a lot. The ones for the bikes they race on are put in wheel covers at the finish”
Isabelle Gautheron, head of the French cycling team, provokes derision after suggesting Team GB could have “magic” items to help their performance.
“Any time someone has looked like superwoman in the history of our sport they have later been found guilty of doping.”
John Leonard, executive director of the World Swimming Coaches Association, on the “disturbing” world-record breaking performance by Chinese teenager Ye Shiwen.
“I'm now a legend, I'm also the greatest athlete to live.”
Usain Bolt on doing the double-double winning the 100m and 200m twice in a row.
“You can never tell the difference between the original and the fake ones. All Nike products in the Egyptian Market are made in China. They all have the same logo. How can you know?"
EOC Chairman General Mahmoud Ahmed Ali passes the buck after Egyptian athletes are given counterfeit clothes.
“I'm happy my parents didn't tell me off. They understand that I needed this."
Belgian cyclist Gijs Van Hoecke, the drunkest athlete at the Games, after being papped looking dreadful.
"A drunken guest threw a bottle … on the track! I HAVE BEATEN HIM … Unbelievable!"
Bottle-throwing thug has the misfortune of sitting next to Dutch judoka Edith Bosch.
http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/...es-surrounding-the-olympic-games-8036789.html
