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Lochtegate is the colloquial name of the scandal involving United States swim team members Ryan Lochte, Jimmy Feigen, Gunnar Bentz, and Jack Conger during the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
The ban occurred over the objections of IOC president Avery Brundage who, in his speech following the Munich massacre, controversially compared the anti-Rhodesia campaign to the terrorist attack on the Olympic village [46] (see Rhodesia at the Olympics). In the controversial gold medal basketball game, the US team appeared to win the gold medal ...
Olympic Games have been the most important international swimming competition. While men's events were an integral part of all Olympics, women's races were introduced only in 1912, and until 1924 were limited to a couple of freestyle events. Public nudity was a major concern in designing early swimwear.
The high school swimmer who was disqualified over a controversial "uniform violation" has had her victory reinstated, following accusations that she had been discriminated against.. Breckynn ...
China's Qin Haiyang prepares before competing in a men's 100-meter breaststroke semifinal at the Paris Olympics on Saturday. Haiyang was one of the 23 Chinese swimmers who tested positive for a ...
The New York Times reported Tuesday that two top Chinese swimmers — including one on this year's Olympic team — tested positive for a banned steroid in 2022 but were eventually cleared to ...
The most used practice swimwear for men includes briefs and jammers. Males generally swim barechested. There was controversy after the Beijing Olympic Games in 2008 when many Olympic swimmers broke records an unprecedented number of times using revolutionary swimsuits that covered their entire legs. To highlight the issue, in 2008, 70 world ...
Swim caps specially designed for the thick, curly, and naturally voluminous hair of people of Black ancestry were disallowed by FINA, leading to accusations of racial discrimination. [167] Germany's women gymnastics team decided to wear full-body suits (unitards) instead of leotards, to take a stand against sexualization of the sport. [168 ...