Two US swimmers leave Brazil after admitting to inventing mugging
US Olympic authorities have apologized to Brazil after two US swimmers were allowed to go home having retracted a fabricated story about being mugged in Rio. A third American swimmer who is still in Brazil can leave the country after he paid a donation to an "institution" of nearly $11,000, US broadcaster NBC reported his lawyer as saying early Friday. Four US swimmers, including six gold medal hero Ryan Lochte, have been at the centre of a media storm since claiming they were held up at gunpoin
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