Ah, the Summer Olympics. The quadrennial event that brings all the world's countries' top athletes together to compete in an array of sporting events, winning medals and pride for their homelands. It's always a thrill to watch swim legends like Katie Ledecky break world records and win four gold medals for the good ol' USA. It's beyond impressive to watch Michael Phelps win an astounding total of 23 gold Olympic medals. True, the Olympics are a time to celebrate the accomplishments of some incredible athletes, but here are five times the 2016 Summer Olympics seemed to have forgotten that fact.

1. Egypt v. Germany volleyball match

For some reason, rather than focus on the volleyball match, or the fact that this year presented Egypt's first Olympic women's volleyball team, commentators felt it was important to mention that Egypt's Doaa Elghobashy was wearing a hijab. Because clearly that's the reason millions of viewers tuned in; not because it was the Olympics or anything, right? Some tried to "justify" the attention on Elghobashy's hijab with it being a matter of public oppression (when compared to the German team, Egypt was fully covered). Except Elghobashy chose to wear her hijab, while her partner, Nada Meawad chose otherwise. How exactly can you call it oppression when there was obviously a choice in wearing the hijab? Also, at least they're not like Germany who requires their women's volleyball teams to wear bikinis during matches.

2. Ibtihaj Muhammad

Sticking to the trend of wearing hijabs, let's talk about USA's very own Ibtihaj Muhammad. She's part of our fencing team, a bronze medalist, and 79 percent of this week's coverage focused on the fact that she was wearing a hijab. Last I checked, an athlete's wardrobe choice wasn't meant to be the focus of the Olympics. However, someone may want to remind commentators and newscasters that the Summer Olympics is a sporting event, not a fashion show.

3. "Here's the man that made it all possible..."

Hungary's Katinka Hosszu broke a world record in the 400-meter individual relay and landed herself a gold medal. Naturally, the commentators gave credit where credit was so clearly due: to Hosszu's husband/coach. Needless to say, viewers were not happy with that announcement. While Katinka Hosszu had been the one training for years and competing in the pool, what had her husband really done to deserve all the credit? He didn't swim a 400-meter relay, he didn't break a world record, he didn't win a gold medal. Once again, commentators need to receive a casual (or maybe not-so-casual at this point) reminder that it is the athletes, and the athletes alone, that deserve the credit for any victories when they're the ones putting in all the work.

4. The USA women's gymnastics team apparently may as well be standing in the middle of a mall

Yep, you read that correctly. While USA's gymnastics team was busy leading the competition by 10 points, commentator Jim Watsonsaid announced, "They might as well be standing around at the mall" upon seeing the team chatting on the sidelines. Never mind the fact they practiced for hours on end each year in preparation for Rio and probably didn't have many opportunities to socialize in places like the mall. For all we know, their conversation was full of praise and encouragement to the team. Either way, is there really something so wrong about a group of girls talking? Does it really need to be crammed into the stereotype of gaggles of teenage girls standing around a mall gossiping? How about we focus on their performance and the fact that the team has three gold medals, two silver medals, and one bronze medal (so far, that is).

5. "Wife of a Bears' lineman.."

This image was of course my favorite thing to come out of the 2016 Summer Olympics:

Thankfully, other members of the Twitter community quickly informed the Chicago Tribune that they misspelled "3-time Olympian Corey Cogdell-Unrein wins second bronze medal in the Rio Olypmics." To me, this was just like the Katinka Hosszu incident all over again; the Olympic athlete's accomplishment was passed over to her husband, essentially erasing Cogdell-Unrein from the story. The Chicago Tribune at least later apologized for the tweet shown above, but it doesn't change the fact that the first person they thought to credit after the win was Cogdell-Unrein's football playing-husband who isn't even participating in the games.

These games are meant to celebrate a wide array of incredible athletic ability from all around the world. The 2016 Olympics, however, seem to think they're exempt from that and continue to belittle female athletes. I'm yet to see a news report on how someone like Michael Phelps was reduced to nothing more than a husband; I'm yet to see the men's teams have their wardrobe picked apart by commentators. It's time for the 2016 Rio Summer Olympics to remember their purpose and get their head in the game.