Olympics Fever Takes Grip

It’s time for the Olympics and this year’s event promises to be one of the most exciting ever after organisers decided to spice things up by introducing a deadly airborne virus into the Athletes’ Village. If only there was a gold medal for best immune system.

And with Rory McIlroy and Milos Raonic leading the charge away from Rio due to fears over zika, these Games at least show up which sports don’t really give a shit about gold medals.

“I felt like tweeting the other day, ‘At least I didn’t claim Zika,’” said John Isner, the top-ranked American male tennis player, who withdrew from the Games months ago because they won’t help him improve his ranking. “I never did. And that’s not the reason why I’m not going to the Olympics.”
Cheers John, thanks for proving BBM’s point.

The whole shebang kicks off on August 5th and, as usual, all the crap sports people don’t care about take place first, with the track and field stuff to come later on. The closing ceremony takes place on August 21st, followed by the various zika-related funerals on August 22nd.