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The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio have come to a close. Medals were won, records were broken, and dreams were achieved. However, there was a fair bit of bad news at the 2016 Summer Olympics, too.The Olympics always feature some terrible injuries, scandals, and unanticipated weirdness. Sadly, some of the worst things at the Rio Olympics tarnished the gold medals won by some of the competitors. Visuals like sickly green swimming pools, meanwhile, dinged the overall images of the Olympics, the IOC, and Rio itself.Whether it's Ryan Lochte lying about being robbed or oddly sexist TV coverage by NBC, there is plenty of bad along with the good of the Summer Games. Take a look, choose for yourself, and vote up the worst things that went down at the Rio Olympics.

Terrible Things That Happened at the 2016 Summer Olympics

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Olympic Waters Chock Full of Feces

Islam El Shehaby Refusing to Shake Hands with Israeli Opponent

Islam El Shehaby

Islam El Shehaby (Arabic: إسلام الشهابي‎ ʾIslām ash-Shahābī; born 1 August 1982) is an Egyptian former judoka.
He competed at the 2008, 2012, and 2016 Summer Olympics. El Shehaby was a nine-time African Champion (2002–13), and was the world bronze medalist in 2010 in Tokyo. He won five World Cup medals, and competitions in Abu Dhabi, Düsseldorf, Moscow, Qingdao, Cairo and Baku. El Shehaby won silver at the 2016 Grand Prix Düsseldorf in the O100 classification.Following controversy regarding his refusal to shake the hand of Israeli judoka Or Sasson, who defeated him at the 2016 Summer Olympics, he retired in August 2016. The Disciplinary Committee of the International Olympic Committee issued a "severe reprimand" to El Shehaby for behavior violating "the rules of fair play and against the spirit of friendship embodied in the Olympic Values," and he was sent home before the Olympics closing ceremony.

Swimming Pools Turning Green

Ryan Lochte Lying About Rio Robbery

Ryan Lochte

Ryan Steven Lochte ( LOK-tee; born August 3, 1984) is an American competitive swimmer and 12-time Olympic medalist. Lochte's 12 Olympic medals earn him the second-most decorated Olympian along with Natalie Coughlin, Dara Torres, and Jenny Thompson. He currently holds the world record in the 200-meter individual medley (long and short course) and 400-meter individual medley (short course). As part of the American teams, he also holds the world record in the 4×200-meter freestyle (long course) and 4x100-meter freestyle (mixed) relay.
Lochte's success has earned him SwimSwam's Swammy Award for U.S. Male Swimmer of the Year in 2013, the World Swimmer of the Year Award and the American Swimmer of the Year Award twice. He has also been named the FINA Swimmer of the Year three times. He has won a total of 90 medals in major international competition (54 gold, 22 silver, and 14 bronze) spanning the Olympics, the World Championships, Pan American Games, and Pan Pacific Championships, including six Olympic gold medals and 39 world championship titles.
Lochte specializes in the backstroke and individual medley, but is also a freestyle and butterfly swimmer. He is noted for the speed and distance he attains while kicking underwater. Lochte is also known for his dominance in the short course format (25-yard and 25-meter-long pools). Lochte swam the 100-meter individual medley in 50.71 seconds on December 15, 2012, at the FINA World Championships in Istanbul, Turkey. At this same event, he is also credited with swimming the fastest 200-meter individual medley, finishing in 1 minute 49.63 seconds.In 2016, Lochte generated international controversy when he claimed that he and three other American swimmers had been pulled over and robbed by armed men with police badges while in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, for the 2016 Summer Olympics. Brazilian authorities sharply denied Lochte's version of events and shed light on misdeeds by Lochte and the other athletes that precipitated the events of the night. Lochte was widely criticized following the incident and was suspended from competition by USA Swimming. Some subsequent reports suggested that certain claims by the authorities might have been untrue and that Lochte's version of events might have been the result of language barrier and miscommunication. On July 23, 2018, the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency imposed a 14-month suspension from competition on Lochte because he had received a "prohibited intravenous infusion."

Samir Ait Said Breaking a Leg

Borderline Uninhabitable Olympic Village Conditions

Annemiek van Vleuten&#39;s Spine-Fracturing Crash

Annemiek van Vleuten

Annemiek van Vleuten is a Dutch road racing cyclist, riding for Bigla Pro Cycling Team . In 2011, she won the UCI Women's Road World Cup.
Together with Ellen van Dijk, Marianne Vos and Loes Gunnewijk, Van Vleuten represented The Netherlands in the Women's road race at the 2012 Summer Olympics, which was won by Vos.

Andranik Karapetyan Snapping His Arm

NBC&#39;s Horribly Poor Coverage and Tape Delay Choices

Hassan Saada Accused of Sexual Assault

Yohann Diniz Pooping Himself on Camera

Yohann Diniz

Yohann Diniz (born 1 January 1978) is a French race walker. He is the current world-record holder for the 50 km race, with a time of 3:32:33, and for the 50,000 metres track walk, with a time of 3:35:27.

Gold Medalist Corey Cogdell-Urein Being Referred to as &#34;Wife of a Bears&#39; Lineman&#34; in the Media

Corey Cogdell

Corey Cogdell (Born September 2, 1986 in Palmer, Alaska) is an American trapshooter. She is a two-time Olympic bronze medal winner in the Women's Trap; at the 2008 Summer Olympics and the 2016 Summer Olympics .  She was also the bronze medalist at the 2007 Pan American Games in the Women's Trap event. Cogdell also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics.Corey made the National Development Team in 2006 at Fall Selection when she placed first in the junior women’s trap competition. That same day, she made the National Team when her score also placed her third in the open women’s trap competition.  Corey is currently living at the Olympic Training Center as a resident athlete.

IOC Member Pat Hickey Scalping Tickets

Continuing Fallout from the Russian Doping Scandal

NBC Commentator Saying Katie Ledecky &#34;Swims Like a Man&#34;

Katie Ledecky

Kathleen Genevieve Ledecky is an American competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, and current world record-holder in multiple events. She is the current world record holder in the 400-, 800-, and 1,500-meter freestyle. She also owns the fastest-ever swims in the 500- and 1,650-yard freestyles.
In her international debut at the 2012 Summer Olympics as a 15-year old, Ledecky unexpectedly won gold in the 800-meter freestyle in what was the second-fastest performance ever. In total, she has won ten medals in major international competitions, all of them gold, spanning the Summer Olympics, the FINA World Championships, and the Pan Pacific Championships. During her career, she has broken seven world records.
Ledecky's success has earned her Swimming World's World Swimmer of the Year and the American Swimmer of the Year awards in 2013 and 2014, as well as the FINA Swimmer of the Year Award in 2013. Ledecky was also named the international female Champion of Champions by L'Équipe in 2014.

NewsCorps Journalist Having Thousands of Dollars of Equipment Stolen

Mario Andrada Underplaying Rio's Problems

Consistent Zika-Related Panic

Yuri van Gelder Getting Sent Home for Excessive Drinking

Yuri van Gelder

Yuri van Gelder (born 20 April 1983) is a Dutch gymnast, whose best discipline is the rings. His nickname is "Lord of the Rings".

Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran&#39;s Coaches Protest-Stripping

Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran

Ganzorigiin Mandakhnaran is a male Mongolian wrestler who competes in the 66 kg category.

The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio have come to a close. Medals were won, records were broken, and dreams were achieved. However, there was a fair bit of bad news ...