Four US Olympic gold medal swimmers who said they
had been robbed in Rio de Janeiro were not victims of crime, the head of the
city's civil police says.
Fernando Veloso told reporters that one or more of
the men had instead vandalised part of a petrol station and then offered to pay
for the damage.
The Americans paid and left after armed security
guards intervened, he said.
One guard had justifiably drawn his gun after one of
the swimmers began behaving erratically, Mr Veloso added.
