Tom: Hey guys, welcome back. I am Tom Hanson…
Azia: And I am Azia Celestino.
Tom: Hope you had a good summer.
Azia: Yeah. Tom, how excited are you that we are back on-air?
Tom: So excited, but I am even more excited to bring the show from this brand-new studio here in New York City.
Azia: Absolutely. We have been traveling for the past couple of months, and we have some awesome stories coming for you guys. But today we are kicking off the show with something you might have heard about going on in Brazil over the past couple of weeks.
Tom: Of course, we are talking about the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio. And I have got to say these games will be hard to forget.
Azia: Yeah, Tom. From at least 19 new world recordsto an Olympic-sized scandal, we have got it all in this Rio wrap-up.
Last night the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics came to a close. As the flame was put out, the U.S. counted up 121 medals total at 46 gold, 37 silver and 38 bronze medals. The most came from the U.S. swim team. Nineteen-year-old Katie Ledecky scored four gold medals and shattered two world records.
Katie Ledecky: I couldn't have asked for a better week. I’ve just had a ton of fun swimming and competing and achieving my goals.
Azia: Ryan Murphy, Cody Miller, Michael Phelps and Nathan Adrian won gold in the
400 medley relay. Michael Phelps said it would be his last Olympics, and he won five golds this time. Over the years he has collected 23 gold medals, 3 silvers and
2 bronze. Yeah, that is the most for any Olympic athlete.
Michael Phelps: This is what I wanted to finish my career.This is the cherry I wanted to put on top of the cake.This is — this is the last time.
Azia: Jamaica's Usain Bolt was lightning-fast on the track, but it was the U.S. that made Olympic history as the first country to sweep the women's 100-meter hurdles and the first ever sweep by American women in that sport.
The U.S. gymnastics team, aka the Final Five, kept it golden.
Simone Biles: We knew we had it in us, and we just wanted to go out and compete the sets we trained.
Azia: After the women won the team all-around title, 19-year-old Simone Biles took gold in the individual all-around competition.
2016 was also the year for fencer Ibtihaj Muhammad, who slashed her way to bronze,
making history as the first American to compete and win an Olympic medal wearing a hijab.
Ibtihaj Muhammad: I'm just, you know, a girl from Jersey who had a dream and was willing to work hard for it.
Azia: But the first Olympic Games in South America were not without problems. Some athletes skipped the Games this year because Brazil is battling an outbreak of Zika, the virus passed by mosquitoes that is linked to birth defects and other problems. Several political protests rocked the city even before the flame was lit, and Rio's waters were found to contain raw sewage and viruses.
Mario Moscatelli: We had seven years, and our authorities didn't do almost anything. This is a toilet.
Azia: Security was an issue as well, with a string of robberies and muggings. And of course, it wasn't without scandal: Four U.S. Olympic swimmers, including Ryan Lochte, claimed they were robbed at gunpoint in Rio, but Brazilian officials said that they lied in a cover-up after a late-night fight ended with one athlete trashing the bathroom at a gas station.
Overall, the Olympics brought different countries together with a competitive spirit, even ones at war. A group of 10 athletes from war-torn countries formed the first ever Olympic refugee team.And athletes from North Korea and South Korea — countries that are archenemies — came together, crossing the divide with sports.
Azia Celestino, Channel One News.
Tom: Definitely one for the books. Thanks, Azia.
Now, if you want to sound really smart talking about the Olympics, pay attention. Here are five things to know.
The first Olympic Games were held in ancient Greece — we are talking like nearly 3,000 years ago — in honor of the Greek god Zeus. But the games took a 1,500-year break…
…until 1894, when a Frenchman, Baron Pierre de Coubertin, pitched the ultimate throwback: Bring back the Games.The first modern Olympics were held in the summer of 1896 in Athens, Greece, with a whopping grand total of 14 countries.
The five Olympic rings stand for the five major regions of the world: the Americas, Europe,Africa, Asia and Oceania. And they overlap to show how athletes from around the world come together during the Games.
The Winter Olympics were added in 1924, and in 1994 they started alternating every two years between the Winter and Summer Games.
In this year's Summer Games, more than 11,000 athletes on over 200 teams competed.
Okay, coming up after the break, there could be one less reason to feel guilty when you see the dentist.
Tom: In other news, in the country of Turkey, a bomb ripped through an outdoor wedding celebration, killing at least 50 people. And get this — officials believe that a kid was the bomber.
The bomb ripped through an outdoor square on Saturday as people were dancing. Nearly 100 people were injured in the attack. The Turkish president said the bomber was part of ISIS and between 12 and 14 years old.
Turkey, which borders the war-torn country of Syria, has seen an increase in deadly violence over the past several months. But this attack is the deadliest attack this year, and it comes just one month after the military tried a failed attempt to take over the government and a series of attacks from the Islamic State and Kurdish militants, who are seeking independence from Turkey.
During Sunday mass, Pope Francis led hundreds of people in silent prayer for the victims of the wedding attack.
Residents in Louisiana have been dealing with a disastrous flood over the past two weeks. We are talking downpours that dumped 30 inches of rain in one shot, and only now are they getting started on the long road to recovery.
Tens of thousands of homes have been damaged, leaving many people homeless, stranded in shelters. More than a dozen people have been killed. And the Red Cross has called the disaster "the worst to hit the United States since Superstorm Sandy" in 2012.
So far, more than 100,000 residents have registered with the federal government for disaster assistance. The maximum amount that someone can get is $32,000, but many say that won't be enough to fix the kind of damage residents are facing. Some residents lost everything.
Resident: Virtually everything. All of what was inside of my house is gone.
Tom: In southeastern Louisiana some cannot go home yet; floodwaters are still keeping them away. President Obama plans to head there this week to get a look at the damage. Louisiana has dealt with two big disasters in recent times: Hurricane Katrina in 2005 and the BPoil spill in 2010.
Okay now, this next news made me rethink everything I knew about my teeth and was also great news for those of us— like me — who don't floss as much as we have been told to.
For years the government has been recommending that we Americans floss every day to prevent gum disease and cavities. But turns out there is no solid proof flossing does that. When a reporter from the Associated Press asked government health authorities to show the research that proves that fact, they couldn't do it. Seems all the studies on flossing are weak or unreliable.
Still, the American Dental Association is pushing for the practice, and some dentists say it is common sense that floss grabs the gunk that brushes can't reach. But you won't find flossing any more on the list of federal guidelines — it has quietly disappeared.
But by no means should you stop brushing your teeth. That would be a really bad idea.
Okay, coming up, we have decided to start your week off with the Next Big Thing to get those brain neurons bouncing around.
Tom: Okay, now it is time for our first next big thing of the new school year. If you have caught any of the poolside action at the Olympics, you have probably noticed some of the athletes covered in red circles. Well, those markings are there for a reason. and they are getting a lot of attention.
Those purple circles are from an ancient Chinese pain relief treatment known as cupping. You can see Michael Phelps getting the treatment in this Under Armour ad. Here is how cupping works: Specialized suction cups pull the skin up and away from the underlying muscles, breaking small blood vessels called capillaries. The suction draws blood to the area and is supposed to speed recovery to aching muscles.
But it is not just Olympic athletes; some are giving it a try for the first time.
Man: Definitely made it easier for me to go do it just because a professional or Olympic athlete is doing it, so of course it must be helping him.
Tom: Others are using the technique to relieve back pain.
Expert: Cupping actually jump-starts the body's natural healing process. You can increase the blood flow and let the body do what it does to help resolve the issue.
Tom: Doctors and trainers officially call it myofascial decompression therapy, and if you are wondering, the purple marks can last for up to three weeks.
So what do you guys think? Is cupping the next big thing? Well, head on over to ChannelOne.com to vote, and don't forget that you can also submit a video to .
All right, that is a wrap for the first show of the season. Have a good one, and we will see you right back here tomorrow.
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