U.S. Olympians Not Immune to Armed Robbery in Rio

By Jenn Jacques

U.S. Olympic medalist Ryan Lochte was en route back to the U.S. Olympic village with three other US swimmers when his taxi was stopped and robbed by armed men posing as police on the streets of Rio de Janerio.

32-year-old Lochte has an impressive 12 medals around his neck and is the second-most decorated male Olympic swimmer of all time, behind Michael Phelps.

Riding with Lochte were Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen. The men had been at a hospitality house hosted by France early Sunday and were heading out to the Olympic Village when the car was “stopped by individuals posing as armed police officers who demanded the athletes’ money and other personal belongings,” USOC spokesman Patrick Sandusky said.

“We got pulled over, in the taxi, and these guys came out with a police badge, no lights, no nothing — just a police badge and they pulled us over,” Lochte told NBC. “They pulled out their guns, they told the other swimmers to get down on the ground — they got down on the ground. I refused, I was like we didn’t do anything wrong, so — I’m not getting down on the ground.

“And then the guy pulled out …Read the Rest

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