It began as either the most curious of street crimes or the strangest hoax. It now is the weirdest international incident the Olympic Games has experienced in at least a day or two.
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We can’t yet know whether Ryan Lochte and three other members of the United States swim team were robbed early Sunday morning. We have only the word of Lochte, who told the story initially to NBC’s Billy Bush and then backed it up in later discussions with reporters.