On social media

"It's awesome to come back home! The meat in the training center tastes terrific."

Fu Yuanhui, Chinese swimmer who is now an internet sensation

"Today it was Brazil 3, France 0: Women's swimming marathon, men's pole vault and men's volleyball."

Mauricio Savares, on Twitter

"What a moment for Thiago Braz da Silva. Gold for #BRA in the pole vault. What a competition. Drama, effort, bravery, weather. The lot."

Dan Walker, expresses his euphoria on Twitter over the nation's pole vaulter's surprising win

"I wonder if Jamaica and Nigeria are receiving money from Bahrain for giving their OK for all the sprinters transferring citizenship."

Michael Johnson, comments on Twitter on allegiance rules