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Ryan Lochte, U.S. swimmers receive official suspensions from USOC, USA Swimming

The punishments are in for Ryan Lochte and the other three U.S. swimmers from the Rio Olympic gas-station incident.

Lochte, as previously reported, is suspended through June 30 of next year and excluded from the 2017 World Championships in July.

Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen are banned for four months each, through the end of 2016.

From the USOC and USA Swimming:

Applicable to Ryan Lochte:

1. Suspended from domestic and international USA Swimming national team competitions for 10 months (through June 30, 2017), including the 2017 National Championships, which renders him ineligible for the 2017 FINA World Championships.