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Draymond Green burned after sharing explicit photo, Team GB cattle class turmoil: Rio bants

AN NBA star has become the laughing stock of Rio after getting caught out by his own over-exposed Snapchat clip.

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August 1, 2016 - 11:12AM
Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has sent an explicit photo on Snapchat.
Golden State Warriors forward Draymond Green has sent an explicit photo on Snapchat.

DRAYMOND Green’s USA basketball teammates poke fun after his lewd Snapchat, Britain’s athletes feel second class and Michael Phelps’ latest tribute to his little boy.

It’s in Rio Bants.

Team USA basketball star Draymond Green accidentally shared a photo of his penis on Snapchat, and although it was quickly removed, it didn’t take long for the news to spread on social media.

Green initially claimed that he was hacked on Twitter, before apologising for the incident later on Sunday.

Green finally fessed up, telling reporters the photo was meant to be a private message.

“I kinda hit the wrong button and it sucks,” he was quoted as saying by ESPN. “It was meant to be private. We’re all one click away from placing something in the wrong place and I suffered from that this morning.”

The internet roasted Green on Twitter, naturally.

Team USA was quick to react to the Green flash, posting a #clean tweet online.

The hand placements of teammates Kevin Durant, Carmelo Anthony and DeMarcus Cousins are not exactly subtle.

The US basketball team will be the biggest collection of sports superstars at the Games, and they seem to be enjoying themselves as they were fitted out for their opening ceremony outfits.

BRITS AND PIECES

There’s division in the ranks of the Great Britain Rio selection over the extremely divisive issue of travel.

The Daily mail reports that almost the entire track and field squad flew to Brazil in economy class.

“It makes a mockery of the record investment and marginal gains in this four-year Olympic cycle that GB’s flagship team were crammed in the back of a British Airways jet for the arduous 11-hour-plus flight from Heathrow on Saturday — especially considering BA are British Olympic Association backers,” wrote the paper.

UK Athletics performance director Neil Black told the Daily Mail: “If you think about it logically, it’s madness for us all to go economy for such a long journey so close to competition. But we’re used to it. It came as no surprise.”

Five were upgraded by UK Athletics to business class based on medical grounds and medal- winning potential, causing further rifts, especially when the chicken meal ran out down the back.

Making matters worse, some other British teams including rugby sevens and rowing had upgraded their athletes to business class.

PHELPS’ TINY FOOTPRINTS

Michael Phelps has been loud and proud since the arrival of his son Boomer, and he’ll have the little one walking every step of the way with him in Rio.

US swimming legend Rowdy Gaines snapped Phelps’ special shoes at the US swim team’s Atlanta training camp.

The shoes carry the footprint of a baby.

POKEMON NO

So the plumbing and electricity in the athletes’ village took several days to fix. Who cares?

But no “Pokemon Go”? That’s an outrage!

If there were ever a more “First World problem” for the Zika-plagued, water-polluted Rio Olympics, it’s Brazil’s lack of access to the hit mobile game, which has united players the world over.

Since debuting to wild adulation in the US, Australia and New Zealand this month, the game from Google spin-off Niantic Inc. has spread like wildfire, launching in more than 30 countries or territories — but not Brazil.

For athletes and other visitors caught up in the wave, not having access is just one more knock against an Olympics that officials are racing to get ready. The opening ceremony takes place on Friday.

“I wish I could run around in the (athletes’) village catching Pokemon,” New Zealand soccer player Anna Green said. “I just can’t get it on the phone. It’s fine, but it would have been something fun to do.” What will she do instead? “Train,” she replied.

British canoer Joe Clarke tweeted — with a broken-hearted sad face — a screenshot of his player on a deserted map near the rugby, equestrian and modern pentathlon venues in Rio’s Deodoro neighbourhood. The map was devoid of PokeStops — fictional supply caches linked to real-world landmarks. No Pokemon monsters to catch either: There was nary a Starmie nor a Clefairy to be found.

DON’T TOUCH THE WATER

Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a 16-month-long study commissioned by The Associated Press.

The AP’s survey of the aquatic Olympic and Paralympic venues has revealed consistent and dangerously high levels of viruses from human sewage pollution, a major black eye on Rio’s Olympic project that has set off alarm bells among sailors, rowers and open-water swimmers.

Despite promises to clean the waterways, the water is as polluted as ever.

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