Two impostors managed to sneak on to a float for Olympic athletes during the official Rio 2016 “heroes parade” in Manchester, the British Olympic Association has confirmed. “We got the medals and we just thought, you know, we’d give it a go,” said one of the men, who were wearing fake Team GB tracksuits and plastic gold medals on Monday. More than 150,000 people braved torrential rain to see the procession through Manchester city centre. Team GB won 67 medals at the Rio Games, two more than the record haul from London 2012. The UK’s Paralympians won 147 medals at Rio, 27 more than four years ago.

Source: The Guardian October 18, 2016 12:34 UTC