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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.
On August 17, police went to the Olympic Village to secure Lochte and Feigen's passports "in order to secure further testimony from the athletes." [ 19 ] On August 18, Lochte's attorney Jeff Ostrow said Lochte "sat for a victim interview with the Brazilian Tourist Police, USOC Security, State Department, FBI, and anyone else that the Brazilian ...
International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Avery Brundage, himself an American, deemed it to be a domestic political statement unfit for the apolitical, international forum the Olympic Games were intended to be. In response to their actions, he ordered Smith and Carlos suspended from the US team and banned from the Olympic Village.
I see all kinds of Olympic athletes leaving the village.” In response, Ryan said, “Not USA swimmers,” before adding, “because that’s the rule for USA swimmers.”
Olympic athlete Husein Alireza, who captured Italian swimmer Thomas Ceccon napping outside his designated room, is sharing new details about the viral photo. “Lots of fake news coming out of my ...
The greatest American gymnast of all time thinks the food at the Paris Olympics isn’t worthy of a gold medal.. On Aug. 1, 27-year-old Simone Biles took the gold in the all-around and became the ...
The Village is equipped with enough rooms to house more than 15,000 athletes during the Games, a childcare facility, and all the International Olympic Committee requirements to make it an official ...
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 ...