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Ryan Lochte Apologizes, Says He Should Have Been More "Careful And Candid"
Ryan Lochte, the alleged ringleader of the rowdy pee boys, has issued an apology for his role in this week’s scandal....
This Might Be The Best Account Of What Happened With The U.S. Swimmers In Rio
After almost a week of mysterious reports, grainy security camera piss videos, and international flight drama, the New York Times today has a detailed report that pulls together what seems like the most definitive timeline of what happened with Ryan Lochte and three other U.S. swimmers in the early ...
![Report: Ryan Lochte And His Rowdy Swimming Pals Defiantly Peed All Over The Gas Station [UPDATES]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/mfgk984bo68xj9qxw79j.jpg)
Report: Ryan Lochte And His Rowdy Swimming Pals Defiantly Peed All Over The Gas Station [UPDATES]
American swimmers Ryan Lochte, Gunnar Bentz, James Feigen, and Jack Conger peed on the Barra da Tijuca gas station in defiance after being told to use the bathroom, according to the gas station owner who spoke with O Globo....
Report: American Swimmers Broke Down Gas Station Door, Fought With Security On Night Of Alleged Robbery
The Ryan Lochte robbery scandal has officially reached the Someone Is Bullshitting Phase, in which new alleged details that suggest Lochte’s story about being robbed at gunpoint in Rio may be totally bunk. ABC News brings us the latest development, reporting that Lochte and the other swimmers who we...
Did A Current In The Rio Swimming Pool Give Some Swimmers An Unfair Advantage?
Swimming, like most racing sports, is relatively simple. Competitors swim back and forth across a pool, for a set distance, using a set stroke. There are more technical skills needed to succeed in the pool than on the track, but hydrodynamic butterfly entry techniques aside, it’s a straightforward s...
![Brazilian Authorities Pull Two US Swimmers Off Flight Out Of Rio [Update]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/dfoih3qhvmiijhuvy6ze.jpg)
Brazilian Authorities Pull Two US Swimmers Off Flight Out Of Rio [Update]
This whole story about US swimmers Ryan Lochte, Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger, and Jimmy Feigen maybe or maybe not getting robbed at gunpoint by men who were maybe posing as Brazilian police officers is fishy and riddled with inconsistencies. Brazilian police cast doubt on Lochte’s story, and earlier to...
This Ryan Lochte Story Just Got Much Weirder
The already-confusing story about the alleged robbery of four U.S. Olympic swimmers has gotten stranger, and bigger, with a Brazilian judge ordering two of them, including Ryan Lochte, to surrender their passports and to not leave the country. One problem: Lochte’s already back home....
Rio Police Are Casting Doubt On Ryan Lochte's Story Of Being Robbed
Ryan Lochte said that early Sunday morning, he and three teammates were pulled over in a taxi and robbed by gunmen posing as police. The breaking of that news was messy, with the first word coming from Lochte’s mother and then the IOC initially denying it, before the USOC put out a statement and Loc...
Synchronized Swimming Is Much More Dangerous Than I Thought
Synchronized swimming came in fairly low in our rankings of every Olympic medal event. I know as much about it as I do about horse sports, which is to say, not much. It seems like a nice chill activity for the elderly, those who want to dance in the water, or perhaps athletes with joint problems who...
Rio Officials Replace Pool Water, Have New Excuses
Rio Olympics officials took the extraordinary step of replacing all of the water in the synchronized swimming/water polo pool after athletes testified it was too cloudy and eye-irritating for them to compete today....
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These Five Sporting Events Took Less Time To Complete Than Katie Ledecky's Margin Of Victory
There are many different ways to think about Katie Ledecky’s world record 800 meter freestyle victory last night, but the most meaningful is also the most obvious: she beat silver medalist Jazmin Carlin by 11.38 seconds. That got us wondering, what other sporting events could be completed in the tim...
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This Is Why There Are So Many Ties In Swimming
Tonight three legends of swimming—Michael Phelps, Chad Le Clos, and László Cseh—turned in identical times to share silver in the 100m butterfly. Last night, Simone Manuel tied for gold with Canadian Penny Oleksiak in the 100m freestyle. Modern timing systems are capable of measuring down to the mill...
The Rio Diving Pool, Which Is Still Green And Smells Like Farts, Is Closed This Morning (UPDATE)
On Wednesday a Rio spokesman said the green diving pool, “should go back to classic blue colour during the day.” On Friday the still-green diving pool—set to host the women’s three meter springboard prelims in fewer than four hours—was closed:...
![Here's Simone Manuel's Medal Ceremony, Since NBC Didn't Air It [Updates]](https://images.deadspin.com/tr:w-900/qzn4hv22fp7xs4syt0p8.jpg)
Here's Simone Manuel's Medal Ceremony, Since NBC Didn't Air It [Updates]
NBC couldn’t be arsed to show you Simone Manuel’s monumental medal ceremony after becoming the first black American woman to win an individual swimming event, as they felt it was more important to air seven-hour-old footage of Russians doing gymnastics badly. Here, then, is Manuel (with Canadian Pen...
Simone Manuel Becomes First Black American Female Swimmer To Win Individual Gold Medal
Simone Manuel swam a blistering final 50 in tonight’s 100m freestyle to earn a gold medal alongside Canadian Penny Oleksiak, who swam an identical Olympic-record 52.70 in the event. Both surpassed world record-holder Cate Campbell, who led the race after the first 50 meters and ended up missing the ...
CBC Announcer On Hot Mic: "That Little 14-Year-Old From China...Went Out Like Stink, Died Like A Pig"
CBC is apologizing (or, in Canadian, ‘apologising’) after swimming analyst Byron McDonald spoke his mind about 14-year-old Chinese swimmer Ai Yanhan, whose performance in the 4x200m freestyle relay final allowed Canada to claim bronze in the U.S. dominated race....
The 200-Meter Butterfly Was Decided By An Incredibly Close Finish
That photo up there comes from the very end of the women’s 200-meter butterfly final. Spain’s Mireia Belmonte Garcia, the swimmer on the right, took the gold medal from Australia’s Madeline Groves, on the left, by just 0.03 seconds, coming from behind in the final lap and out-touching her on the wal...
This Is How Olympic Pools Are Prepared So The Water Doesn't Turn Green<em></em>
On Tuesday, Olympic officials attributed the extremely green diving pool to a “proliferation of algae,” caused in part by “heat and a lack of wind.” Today, after the water polo and synchronized swimming pool also turned green, officials clarified that the issue was a drop in alkalinity in the pools....