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Save for some green water in the competition pools, the Rio Olympics hadn't had any major distractions or disturbances. That changed Sunday morning when American swimmer Ryan Lochte had been held up at gunpoint along with three other U.S. swimmers. Their wallets were taken by men posing as police officers. The IOC initially denied the story despite USA TODAY Sports confirming it with Lochte's mother.
What had been a relatively seamless celebration immediately flipped into an Olympic Games on edge, as Christine Brennan wrote.