They’re the Olympic-sized questions you have probably been too afraid to ask. We’ve found the answers to Paris’s quirkiest conundrums.
A fortnight of devouring Olympics content will expose you to an array of unusual sights, weird commentary terms and just plain strange traditions and habits.
First the skin is first wiped with alcohol, then a match is lit inside a small cup to build heat. The cup is then put on the skin and the heat and pressure pulls the skin up. Capillaries near the surface break which leaves the red marks.They mean the same thing – riband is the old-fashioned version of ribbon. Blue riband/ribbon events are typically seen as the best, or highest-quality, races or competitions – so think the 100m sprint, the 100m freestyle in swimming or the eights rowing race.
Lifters take a whiff from a small bottle of an ammonia-based solution, inhaling the powerful gas to trigger a reflex in the nasal membrane and lungs, which causes the body to take in more oxygen. That increases alertness and energy and acts like a shot of adrenalin for a few minutes.
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