Katinka Hosszú, Katie Ledecky, and Corey Cogdell-Unrein. Photo: Getty Images

The Summer Olympics — that series of sporting events that whips spectators into a patriotic frenzy every four years — started just four days ago, but several media outlets have already reminded us exactly how taxing it is to be a female athlete.

The first offense came from NBC commentator Dan Hicks. When Hungarian swimmer Katinka Hosszú won a gold medal and broke a world record in the 400-meter individual medley, the camera panned to her husband, who was watching in the stands as Hicks said, “and there’s the man responsible.” Hicks later apologized for his phrasing and, “wished he’d said things differently,” but not before Twitter could drag him.

Wait what did I just watch? Hosszu smashes WR & NBC cuts to husband coach w/ "and there's the person responsible for her performance"?!?? — Cameron Esposito (@cameronesposito) August 7, 2016

"There's the man responsible for turning his wife into an entirely new swimmer..." REALLY, NBC? — Charlotte Wilder (@TheWilderThings) August 7, 2016

Next the Chicago Tribune was criticized for this tweet about Corey Cogdell-Unrein, who won the Olympic bronze in women’s trap shooting.

Wife of a Bears' lineman wins a bronze medal today in Rio Olympics https://t.co/kwZoGY0xAX pic.twitter.com/VZrjOvr80h — Chicago Tribune (@chicagotribune) August 7, 2016

The Tribune article isn’t much better — its headline fails to mention Cogdell-Unrein’s event and refers to her foremost as “wife,” and after offering a scant two paragraphs about her achievements, it quickly transitions to discuss her husband’s training schedule and the Chicago Bears’ opening game.

Then, after the U.S. women’s gymnastics team blew the competition away in the qualifying round, an as-yet-unidentified commentator said the seven women looked like they “might as well be standing in the middle of a mall” as the camera showed them laughing and chatting on the sidelines. Which is cute and all, except they’re not at a mall — they’re at the Olympic Games.

"They could be standing in a mall"

...you wouldn't be talking about male gymnasts like that. #TeamUSA #ArtisticGymnastics #Rio2016 — name cannot be blank (@GinnyLurcock) August 7, 2016

No, NBC anchor, those female gymnasts do not look like "they might as well be standing in the middle of a mall." They are at the Olympics. 😑 — Natalie DiBlasio (@ndiblasio) August 7, 2016

His comments come, as the Huffington Post points out, just a few days after a study by the U.K.’s Cambridge University Press found that male athletes are three times as likely to be discussed in a sporting context as women, who are frequently described based on their age, marital status, or appearance.

On Sunday night, U.S. swimmer Katie Ledecky broke her own world record and took the gold in the women’s 400-meter freestyle … which somehow still wasn’t enough to earn her a superlative in her own right. The Daily Mail referred to her as the “female Michael Phelps” (its headline has since been updated, but the phrase is still used in the article), and many remarked that she “swims like a man.”

The female Michael Phelps: Triple-world record holder Katie Ledecky, 19, wins gold in 400m freestyle https://t.co/EF6H345PFm via @DailyMail — Chris 🇺🇸 (@Chris_1791) August 8, 2016

Katie Ledecky broke her own World Record in #Rio2016. And yet, a headline calls her 'female Michael Phelps.' #EverydaySexism #fem — Roxani Krystalli (@rkrystalli) August 8, 2016

"She swims like a man"



Um excuse me? She swims like an incredibly talented FEMALE athlete who has spent all her 19 years training for this — courtney priebe (@cpriebae) August 8, 2016

And finally, some very helpful man on Twitter took the opportunity to explain cycling to Olympic cyclist Annemiek van Vleuten of the Netherlands, who crashed before completing her race.

And today in 'Men on the Internet' this helpful guy mansplains cycling to an Olympic athlete pic.twitter.com/39qwnXz6HR — Rebecca 🦉 (@beggie_smalls) August 8, 2016

Just 13 days to go!