Five Ring Circus

One of the early American highlights from the Olympics was the Men’s Gymnastics team elatedly breaking a 16-year Olympic drought with a team bronze. And the highlight of that breakthrough was the internet sensation who had just one job (if you don’t count the Rubik’s cube he solved in under 10 seconds earlier in the day). Stephen Nedoroscik, America’s pommel horse hero. “When I was very, very young people would tell me, ‘One day you’re going to be an Olympian!’ Back then I was just a dorky little kid. And now look at me — I’m a dorky adult, going to the Olympics.”

+ One competition is already over. We have the Games’ best photo. ‘Conditions were perfect’: how the breathtaking image of Olympic surfer Gabriel Medina was taken.

+ Men’s Olympic triathlon postponed as Seine remains too contaminated for safe swimming.

+ As you might imagine, dating apps in Paris are experiencing high volume.