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Lochte takes 'full responsibility' for robbery story

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Ryan Lochte says he's "taking full responsibility" for an incident in Brazil that has embroiled the American swimmer and three of his Olympics teammates.

In an interview with NBC's Matt Lauer that aired Saturday, Lochte cites his own "immature behavior" for turning an incident involving unruly actions by the four swimmers into an international incident that led to two swimmers being pulled off their initial flight out of Rio and another paying nearly $11,000 to the Olympics' host nation.

"That's why I'm taking full responsibility for it, because I overexaggerated that story," Lochte told NBC. "If I'd never done that, we wouldn't be in this mess.