Ezra Shaw / Getty Images Nine Australian Olympic athletes were detained and later fined by Brazilian police Friday night for altering their credentials in order to gain entry into a men’s basketball semifinal game between their home country and Serbia. The athletes— who represented Australia in …

Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin just made history. Kimia Alizadeh Zenoorin has made history by becoming the first Iranian woman to ever win an Olympic medal. Laurence Griffiths / Getty Images The 18-year-old took home bronze when she bested Sweden's Nikita Glasnovic in the Women's 57 kilogram T…

“Yeah, not the photo I’ll be sending into Jumping Clinic.” As we have established, equestrian sports take an incredible amount of skill . Alexander Hassenstein / Getty Images But even when you're riding at an Olympic level, things don't always go as planned. Philippe Lopez / AFP / Get…

Pull up a chair. August 14, 1:47 a.m. ET: US swimmers Ryan Lochte, Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger, and Jimmy Feigen arrive at an Olympic party at France House in Rio, Brazil. Alexandre Aragão / BuzzFeed News / Via video-cdn.buzzfeed.com . Alexandre Aragão / BuzzFeed News / Via video-cdn.buzzfeed.co…

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No, the horse doesn’t do all the work. Horseback riding takes a lot of hard work, and people assuming otherwise can get old fast. John Macdougall / AFP / Getty Images They don't know much balance it takes to do this five feet in the air... Alexander Hassenstein / Getty Images ... the pla…

“It looked as though they completed a fun run and not [an] Olympic [race].” This is Anna and Lisa Hahner, twins from Germany who also happen to both be elite marathon runners. Instagram: @hahnertwins Both of the women qualified for this year's marathon final at the Rio Olympics. They filled…