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American basketball legend and two-time Olympic gold medal winner Gary Payton mingled with fans at the NBA House in Rio de Janeiro on Wedneday as the US national team prepared to face off with Spain in the semi-final. Payton watched young basketball players compete, gave a few tips to his loyal fans, and posed for photos with the winning teams.
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.
We take a look at some of the national houses open to the public in Rio 2016. The houses have been created to give athletes and spectators alike a taste of foreign culture.
It's time for the Olympics! NBA basketball player Tony Parker arrived in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, alongside both the Mens and Womens French Olympic basketball teams. The San Antonio Spurs star will lead the French Mens team in the 2016 Rio Olympics, and French supporters have high hopes for the decorated NBA player to lead their team to victory in the Olympic tournament.
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