Slutty Mathlete 900 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 US swimmer Ryan Lochte has been hit with a 10-month suspension following his bogus gunpoint robbery story during a drunken night out at the Rio Olympics, according to US sports authorities. As part of the penalty, Lochte will forfeit bonus money from the Games and will not be allowed access to United States Olympic Committee (USOC) training centres. He will also not receive his monthly funding from USOC and USA Swimming. The 32-year-old, who won gold in the 4x200 metres freestyle relay in Rio, will miss next year's national championships and will therefore not be eligible for the world championships in July. He must perform 20 hours of community service and will miss Team USA's post-Olympics trip to the White House. FINA, world swimming's governing body, said in a statement that it was satisfied with the sanctions and would not seek additional bans. The three swimmers that joined Lochte on his ill-fated trip, Bentz, Conger and Feigen, will be suspended from domestic and international USA swimming national team competitions for four months and will not receive monthly funding from USA Swimming or USOC during that period. They will also have no access to training facilities and will not attend Team USA's White House visit. Bentz will also perform 10 hours of community service for violating a USA Swimming Olympic Village curfew placed on athletes under the age of 21. http://www.aljazeera.com/news/2016/09/swimmer-ryan-lochte-punished-olympic-committee-160908174828945.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grape Soda 12,004 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 ouch Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your Juan and only 5,432 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 It better be something far worse than what Hope Solo got for trash talking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slutty Mathlete 900 Posted September 9, 2016 Author Share Posted September 9, 2016 OP fixed, sorry about that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ETB5 4,512 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 It better be something far worse than what Hope Solo got for trash talking Her punishment was not merely for trash-talking. The incident with Sweden was the straw that broke the camel's back. I'm glad he's being punished harshly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your Juan and only 5,432 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 Her punishment was not merely for trash-talking. The incident with Sweden was the straw that broke the camel's back. I'm glad he's being punished harshly. I have no problem with the suspension but being fired from the national team was harsh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitman 7 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 I have no problem with the suspension but being fired from the national team was harsh. He disrespected the host country. If he hadn't made up the story about being robbed at gunpoint and then trashed the petrol station then he probably wouldn't have received such a punishment. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Your Juan and only 5,432 Posted September 9, 2016 Share Posted September 9, 2016 He disrespected the host country. If he hadn't made up the story about being robbed at gunpoint and then trashed the petrol station then he probably wouldn't have received such a punishment. I was referring to Hope Solo. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bitman 7 Posted September 21, 2016 Share Posted September 21, 2016 I was referring to Hope Solo. My apologies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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