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tblue37

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Sun Aug 7, 2016, 03:34 AM Aug 2016

Olympics investigating report of kayak capsizing after hitting submerged sofa

https://twitter.com/pkelso/status/761658619733667840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

http://larrybrownsports.com/olympics/olympics-investigating-kayak-sofa/315868?utm_source=fark&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=im

We may already have our strangest and most amusing story to come out of the Rio Olympic games.

Paul Kelso, a journalist for Sky Sports in the UK, reported on Friday that an Olympic kayaker had capsized after hitting a submerged couch. No, really.

The report, which immediately sparked the #kayaksofa hashtag on Twitter, was not corroborated by anyone else. Nevertheless, the organizers are taking it seriously enough as to investigate it.

SNIP


The comments on the article are full of great puns.
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