First there was the news that Pakistan was sending more officials than athletes to the Olympics: “‘Pakistan contingent will include seven athletes and 17 officials,’ a Pakistan Olympic Association (POA) official told APP.”
and now there is this awesome story about Indian officials behaving badly at the Olympics. It is aptly titled “India’s Olympians deserve a medal just for putting up with their country’s officials.” You could probably delete the word Olympians from that title (and replace Indians for India’s) and still have an accurate sentence.
Here are some of the best details:
a. India’s sports minister, Vijay Goel, has been in Rio and has been so rude that he was almost banned from attending events. Here’s a quote:“‘We have had multiple reports of your Minister for Sports trying to enter accredited areas at venues with unaccredited individuals. When the staff try to explain that this is not allowed, they…
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