The 3 U.s. Swimmers Lied About Being Robbed At Gunpoint

[dean]

No wonder Lochte got out of the country as soon as possible after the alleged robbery. It turns out that the trio had their cabbie stop at a gas station and, in the process, they damaged the bathroom door. They had an argument with the gas station manager, gave him some money (maybe the $400 that they claimed was stolen) and hightailed it back to the Olympic Village. A bad look at Americans that treat supposedly third world countries without any courtesy and then try to lie their way out of the situation (or buy their way out, which happens a lot in Thailand).

[Coss]

Gossip brands Lochte as a media whore, who craves the camera lens - hence the platinum hair.

[bust]

Two Australians were robbed last night and have been banned from attending the closing ceremony for going against team policy.

[Coss]

No offence intended by the following: I heard on the media that they'd gone out and got legless as a warm up to the robbery...

[bust]

 

SPORT

Olympics 2016: Australian swimmers Josh Palmer and Emma McKeon disciplined after night out and robbery in Rio

Two Australian swimmers have been disciplined after a night out in Copacabana that saw one robbed and both of them denied a spot at the Games closing cerimony.

August 19 2016 - 12:02AM

Lia TImson

Rio de Janeiro: Two Australian swimmers have been disciplined after a night out in Copacabana that saw one robbed and both of them denied a spot at the Games closing ceremony.

 

Australian Olympics Committee Chef de Mission Kitty Chiller has disciplined swimmers Josh Palmer and Emma McKeon after they failed to return to the Olympic Village on Tuesday night following a night out in Rio with teammates.

 

Australia's Emma McKeon shows off her bronze medal after the women's 200m freestyle final in Rio.

Australia's Emma McKeon shows off her bronze medal after the women's 200m freestyle final in Rio. Photo: AP

A statement issued on Thursday morning Rio time said McKeon and Palmer must remain in the Village between 8pm and 8am and only travel to sporting events in official RIO 2016 transport.

 

They will not participate in the Closing Ceremony.

 

"Palmer and McKeon's behaviour was unacceptable and they breached disciplinary protocols. I have raised the need for the Swimming Team Leader to ensure he is aware of his athlete's whereabouts when leaving the Olympic Village and that the swimming athletes observe the 2am curfew.

 

To further compound the problem, Palmer has told officials he was approached by a man who forced him to withdraw $1000 from a nearby automatic teller machine.

 

Rio is notorious for such crime and athletes from several countries have been told to be extremely vigilant when out.

 

Last week, Chiller told athletes to stay off the sand on Rio beaches at night.

 

More to come

 

[Flashermac]

Have you notice the photos of medal winners chomping on their medals? Maybe they suspect they are filled with chocolate. After all, Brazil does have a reputation.

 

p.s. A damaged doors costs US$400 to repair?

[dean]

It turns out that they lied about the amount of money taken; it was $50, not $400 that they gave to repair the door. On Sunday, Lochte told his mother the lie and she repeated it to the press. I don't think that his mother is very happy with her son right now.

[pasathai1]

guns drawn, money paid are about the only true factors we know about so far.

 

( and some missing video section)

[bust]

Rio has done a very good job on putting the spotlight on athlete indiscretions to avoid having to explain the high number of crimes against them

[pasathai1]

Kind of sounds like a shake down of tourists ( the gas station part) similar to what goes on here