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  • A former sports official in Brazil said he told the International Olympic Committee about corruption among organizers of the 2016 Rio Olympics several years ago – long before law enforcement officers raided the home of Brazil’s top Olympic official this week during a continuing investigation into corruption and bribery.

    The police found the equivalent of $155,000 in cash at the home of Carlos Nuzman, one of the most influential members of the I.O.C. and a crucial architect of Rio de Janeiro’s successful bid to bring the Olympics to South America for the first time. Prosecutors in Brazil and France have said that victory, in which Rio defeated bids from Madrid and Chicago for the Summer Games, was tainted by a scheme to bribe voters.

    The former official, Eric Maleson, who is now based in Boston, founded and led Brazil’s ice sports federation for more than a decade until his ouster in 2013. He said he had written several emails and letters to the I.O.C., warning of corruption at the Brazilian Olympic body. He shared some of the emails with The New York Times.

    Read The New York Times

    Brazil police raid Olympic Committee president's home

  • Roermond is an event richer: the Roermond City Swim.

    https://youtu.be/phQNyFyHiqM

  • The national representative body’s complaints and disciplinary committee directed that head coach Pearse McGuigan be suspended from “all activities as a coach or otherwise with Galway Swimming Club” over his treatment of a 14-year-old swimmer at a gala last January.

    The complaint which led to his suspension related to his public reprimand of the teenager after she had talked to members of her former club at the competition at the University of Limerick swimming pool on January 21st, 2017.

    The suspension was due to come into effect 10 days from the date of the Swim Ireland ruling on August 18th, 2017, and thus cover the period August 28th to October 31st.

    However, members of the club have claimed that Mr McGuigan addressed senior squad swimmers on the evening of August 28th, and attended a “pathway” assessment for junior members of the club on August 30th.

    It is understood that he did not formally participate in the assessment, but was present at the pool with a clipboard, according to several witnesses who spoke to The Irish Times.

    Read Irish Times

  • A 15-year-old girl in Minnesota who was held captive for 29 days recalled her dramatic escape in a TV interview.

    The girl fled from a home in rural part of the state on Tuesday when her abductors left her alone for the first time in nearly a month to get pizza. She knocked on nearby doors, then swam across part of a lake and flagged down a farmer for help.

    “I opened the door and told him to call 911,” she told Fox 9. “… He asked if I was the missing girl from Alex and I said ‘yes.’”

    Read NY Daily News

  • The son of Olympic gold medalist Ryan Lochte is finally being introduced to the world in an exclusive interview with Inside Edition.

    Caiden Zane Lochte was born on June 8 and is making his TV debut.

    Lochte and fiancée, Playboy Playmate Kayla Rae Reid are diving head first into parenthood.

    “Oh my gosh, having a baby is so much work,” she said.

    For the couple who’s been together just two years, caring for an infant is a whole new world of joy and challenges that all new parents face, like spit-ups, sleepless nights and diaper changes.

    “I’m dead tired, but when I see him I’m just like, ‘Yes!’” Lochte said.

    See Inside Edition

  • A jury has been discharged after failing to reach a verdict in the trial of a Commonwealth Games swimmer accused of raping a teenager.

    Otto Putland, 23, was accused of raping the 19-year-old woman shortly after she’d had consensual sex with his best friend.

    Mr Putland, of Dinedor, Hereford, had denied the charges and said the two had consensual sex following a night out in Cardiff city centre.

    Today the jury cleared Mr Putland of one count of rape, but failed to reach a verdict on the second count after more than four hours of deliberation.

    A decision will now be made about a potential re-trial.

    Read ITV and Metro

  • You could get more out of every swimming session! Here are GTN’s tips on how to train like a pro for your next triathlon swim.

  • If you are going to visit a beach on the island of Rhodes, you must visit what is now known as Anthony Quinn Bay, is a beautiful place for swimming. Only a few kilometres from Rhodes Town on the road aptly called“EO Rodou Lindos”, or road to Lindos! You first come across Anthony Quinn Bay.

    Anthony Quinn Bay, is a beautiful. Secluded place for swimming. There’s usually only one or two other people there, definitely not packed with tourists.

    Sitting on the sand with the water only a metre to a metre and half deep you will feel like you are far away from it all. It’s well worth an afternoon there on its own or as part of a tour taking in Kalethia Bay too.

    The beauty of the bay is that it is free, full of sand and the only noise you will hear is the sound of the waves lapping the shoreline. You can look out to sea and see the occasional ferry or other boat passing.

    https://youtu.be/qTA7L8Jdl0s