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Michael Phelps And His Purple Spots

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Michael Phelps’s first gold medal of the Rio Olympics was momentarily overshadowed by widespread interest the large purple circles across his back and shoulders. The perfectly circular marks that were revealed as Phelps shed his clothes to compete in the men’s 4x100m freestyle relay on Sunday, took viewers aback. Phelps went on to win his 19th Olympic gold. On Sunday Google Trends reported a 2,100% spike in searches for “circles on Michael Phelps." The guesses as to their origin on social media ranged from crop circles to a symptom of the Zika virus. They actually are the result of cupping therapy – a suction-based massage popular in the US Olympic team.

Added on the 08/08/2016 12:55:42 - Copyright : Wochit

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