A police official with knowledge of the investigation told The Associated Press that police can not find their taxi driver or witnesses.
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The AP reports police are still treating the swimmers as victims and investigating the incident, but Rio police said robberies are less common in the area the swimmers were on Sunday. He had been staying in his hotel room and meant to go back to the USA soon.
The negative story is another in a growing list for Rio’s Olympics, which includes a media bus taking on gunfire, Australian rowing coaches getting robbed, discolored swimming pools and a barrage of negative tweets leading up to the games regarding the living conditions in Olympic Village.
Ryan Lochte, the Olympic gold medal-winning US swimmer, was robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro alongside three other Team USA swimmers.
“This happened the way he described it”, Ostrow said.
Feigen won gold in the 4x100m freestyle relay. Lochte’s made the former Gator, 32, a 12-time Olympic medalist.
IOC spokesman Mark Adams on Tuesday offered more detail about the chain of events, saying the committee had reached out to USOC officials upon hearing about an alleged robbery, but that USOC officials subsequently responded they had spoken with Lochte and been told there had been no incident.
‘I put my hands up, ‘ said the swimmer.
Lochte further detailed the incident in an interview with NBC.
“We got pulled over in our taxi, and these guys came out with a badge”. “I refused, I was like, ‘We didn’t do anything wrong, so”. All were believed to be wearing their U.S. Olympic team gear and their Olympic credentials.
Earlier, Olympic officials rejected the reports, with the International Olympic Committee’s spokesman Mark Adams saying Lochte told U.S. team officials reports of the incident are not true.
“We have requested that authorities make sure that people are safe everywhere in the city”. Athletes and visitors have been told to use caution around the Olympics.
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Despite deploying 85,000 soldiers and police – twice the amount present at London 2012 – Brazil has been keen to play down reports of crime.
