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Rio de Janeiro Civil Police chief Fernando Veloso announced during a press conference, Thursday, that claims made by four US Olympic swimmers saying they had been robbed at gun point were false, stating that they had fabricated large parts of the story.
Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger, two Olympic swimmers from the US national team who competed at the Rio Olympics were removed by security from a flight headed back to the US on Wednesday evening and were briefly detained by authorities for questioning.
The Paris 2024 Olympic and Paralympic mascots, known as the Phryges, arrive in the commune of Le Port on the French island of Reunion, one month before the Olympic torch relay also crosses the ocean from mainland France. IMAGES
The 187 French Olympic and Paralympic medalists arrive at the Élysée Palace for a ceremony in their honor, in Paris. IMAGES
Quito, Aug 4 (EFE) .- Ecuador welcomed back in style its first female medalists in history, Neisi Dajomes and Tamara Salazar.Dajomes became Ecuador's first woman to win an Olympic medal when she claimed gold in the women's 76 kg weightlifting at the Tokyo Games on Sunday. Salazar won Silver medal for Ecuador in women's 87 kg weightlifting on Monday. She is Ecuador’s second ever female medalist. (Camera: JUAN FRANCISCO CHAVEZ) SHOT LIST: GOLD MEDALIST IN THE WOMEN'S 76KG CATEGORY WEIGHTLIFTING NEISI DAJOMES AND SILVER MEDALIST IN THE WOMEN'S 87KG TAMARA SALAZAR TRAVEL ON AN OPEN TOP BUS, DURING A CARAVAN THAT LEFT FROM THE QUITO AIRPORT; AND DAJOMES AND SALAZAR DURING AN EVENT TO HONOR THEM FOR THEIR PERFORMANCE IN THE TOKYO 2020 OLYMPIC GAMES AT THE ATAHUALPA OLYMPIC STADIUM FOR IN QUITO, ECUADOR.