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Members of the Austrian biathlon team had their Olympic Village residences raided by Italian authorities, who were investigating doping charges. Russian biathlete Olga Medvedtseva was stripped of her silver medal won in the individual race, due to positive drug test. A two-year ban from any competition was imposed.
Lochtegate is the colloquial name of the scandal involving United States swim team members Ryan Lochte, Jimmy Feigen, Gunnar Bentz, and Jack Conger during the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Brazilian swimmer Ana Vieira got sent home from the Paris games early after she was caught sneaking out of the Olympic Village—and she reportedly filed a harassment complaint on her way out.
News broke on Monday, August 5, that the 20-year-old athlete from Paraguay was allegedly kicked out of the Olympic Village after “creating an inappropriate atmosphere,” according to the head ...
Paraguay’s Luana Alonso made waves at the 2024 Paris Olympics resulting in her expulsion from the Olympic Village. "Her presence is creating an inappropriate atmosphere within Team Paraguay ...
On 5 August 2016, the Greek team in the Olympic village reported to officials that many personal items had been stolen from their rooms in the Olympic village including mobile phones, clothes and medical equipment. [64] On 12 August 2016, an athlete had $20,000 stolen by an Olympic Village employee. The worker was arrested and the money ...
The Brazilian Olympic Committee responded by issuing a statement in a press release saying, “BOC received a statement this Saturday, the 27th, from the Head of the Brazilian Swimming Team ...
It had been used for swimming events at the 1900 Summer Olympics in Paris, but swimming in it has been banned since 1923 due to unsafe bacteria. [ 127 ] [ 128 ] In 2017, divers did use the Seine in an exhibition event while Paris campaigned to host the Games. [ 129 ]