lochte fabricated a story: Police
RIO DE JANEIRO: A Brazilian police official is telling The Associated Press that American swimmer Ryan lochte fabricated a story about being robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro. The official, who has direct knowledge of the investigation, spoke on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak about an ongoing probe. He said that around 6 a.m. on Sunday, lochte, along with fellow swimmers Jack Conger, Gunnar Bentz and Jimmy Feigen, stopped at a gas station in Barra da Tijuca, a suburb of Rio where many Olympic venues are located. One of the swimmers tried to open the door of an outside bathroom. It was locked. The official says a few of the swimmers then pushed on the door and broke it. A security guard appeared and confronted them. The official says the guard was armed with a pistol, but he never took it out or pointed it at the swimmers. According to the official, the gas station manager then arrived. Using a customer to translate, the manager asked the swimmers to pay for the broken door. The official says after a discussion, they did pay him an unknown amount of money and left.
Dutch edge close to Gold
RIO DE JANEIRO: The Netherlands stayed on course for a third successive Olympics women's hockey gold medal by downing Germany in a dramatic shoot-out. After the scores were level at 1-1 at the end of normal time, the Dutch edged the shoot-out 4-3 and will face either New Zealand or Great Britain for the gold medal. Ellen Hoog scored the winning goal in the shoot-out. "At first I had some doubts because I missed the first shot, but I trust in my own shoot-outs so I thought, 'Well, I'm not going to miss it twice'," said Hoog who missed her first attempt. "So I trust and I felt that the team trusted me as well, but after I scored it, I don't know what was going on. The most feeling I think is relief. Just relief that we won today." lisa Altenburg, who was responsible for missing one of Germany's four shoot-out attempts, said: "My penalty shot wasn't that good, so in the end it's shit." Germany were the last team to defeat the Netherlands at the Olympics on their way to the 2004 title.