Australian hurdler Michelle Jenneke "has been dumped by Athletics Australia from its funding structure after performing poorly at the Rio Olympics." The 23-year-old was "one of the faces of the Games as part of a sponsorship deal with Coca Cola which saw her featured in a worldwide TV commercial and plastered over billboards in the Olympic city." Famous for her "raunchy pre-race routine which made her an internet phenomenon, Jenneke failed to live up to the hype at her Olympic debut." Australian coach Craig Hilliard was "critical of Jenneke's commitment and preparation after the Games, saying she arrived in Rio out of shape" (HERALD SUN, 10/4).
Japanese women's table tennis team Bronze Medalist Ai Fukuhara is "among the three Japanese athletes who were targeted in the latest leak of confidential medical documents" by a cyber hacker group. Although WADA did not disclose names, the full list of 20 athletes, including Fukuhara, Bronze Medalist judoka Masashi Ebinuma and Gold Medalist swimmer Rie Kaneto, "was released on the Fancy Bears website." The data obtained from the Rio 2016 Olympic Games account "revealed all three Japanese Olympic medalists had been granted physician's approval to use medications for treatment of legitimate medical conditions in the past" (KYODO, 10/4).
