Interviewed this morning, Kerri Walsh said she looked down at winning a bronze medal
Not quite...
This could only get better if Hope Solo and Ryan Lochte somehow hook up.
A month from now, nobody will remember Lochte's name, and 4 years from now, when he and Rowdy Gains are doing the swimming commentary in Tokyo, people will just scratch their heads and think, wasn't that the guy who did something at one of the earlier summer games. All will be forgiven/forgot.
I'm not condoning his actions, but it sounds like they had a little too much to drink (who hasn't been there?) and in the aftermath of an embarrassing scuffle with security guards (and some damage to a gas station), concocted a story. They all tried to leave at the times when they had made plans to do so well before the incident. I'm sure none of them thought the shit would hit the international media fan like it did, and he was already back home before it did. There was no real crime committed (vandalism I guess, but compared to the rest of that town/country, maybe not so much)...nobody was hurt. A public apology, paying to fix whatever was broken at the gas station, and time will make this all go away well before the next Olympic Games.
So just because Brazil has other problems Lochte should get a pass for vandalism and making false reports to police? Sorry, I don't buy that. Lochte is a national embarrassment to Americans. He went to another country and showed he has no respect for them. And it's been magnified because of the microscope Rio was under during the games, so I don't blame them for investigating and calling Lochte out on his bullshit.
Never said he should get a free pass...as you pointed out about his ties with Speedo being severed, there is nothing "free" about the aftermath. My point is that his apology and eventual restitution along with the collective short attention span of Americans, should see what he did largely forgotten by the time the Tokyo games roll around.
