USOC apologizes for behavior of swimmers who claimed they were robbed

By Leela de Kretser RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The United States Olympic Committee apologized on Thursday to the people of Brazil for the behavior of four American swimmers who were found to have lied about a gunpoint robbery, prompting enormous criticism of the Games host city. "The behavior of these athletes is not acceptable, nor does it represent the values of Team USA," USOC chief executive Scott Blackmun said in a statement released on Thursday night. The USOC's final account differed wild