Lochte – The Obnoxious Buffoon
Sally Jenkins notes:
“Ryan Lochte is the
dumbest bell that ever rang. The 32-year-old swimmer is so landlocked in
juvenility that he pulled an all-nighter with guys young enough to call him
uncle. His story to NBC’s Billy “what-are-you-wearing” Bush had the quality of
a kid exaggerating the size of a fish, and notice how he was the hero of every
detail. That was always the most dubious, implausible part.”
Marina Hyde's excellent piece on the Lochte affair:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/19/ryan-lochte-olympic-tale-gold-medals-white-privilege-rio
Marina Hyde's excellent piece on the Lochte affair:
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2016/aug/19/ryan-lochte-olympic-tale-gold-medals-white-privilege-rio
Related:
Swimmers tale of gunpoint robbery was apparently completely
made-up.
“The Daily Mail, a British news outlet, reported, citing
Brazilian police, that Lochte and the other swimmers damaged a gas station
bathroom in the West Rio suburb of Barra de Tijuca and refused to pay for the
damage until a security guard waved a gun at them and demanded payment.
Brazilian news outlet O Globo reported, also citing police sources, that Lochte
and his teammates urinated on the gas station’s building and vandalized the
property…
In Brazil, however, outrage is mounting over the
possibility that the American swimmers lied. The sense of indignation is
heightened by the bad publicity Rio has received during the Games.”