Retired Olympic gold medallist Melanie Schlanger has started the movement to try and convince Kitty Chiller and the AOC to soften their punishment in the aftermath of a costly night out in Copacabana.
Ryan Lochte is the dumbest bell that ever rang.
There are many missing details and hours from the swimmer's drunken night out in Copa that ended when he was allegedly held up at gunpoint
Rio police have charge US gold medallists Ryan Lochte and James Feigen with making a false police report, according to Brazilian TV network Globo.
AOC Chef de Mission Kitty Chiller has disciplined swimmers Josh Palmer and Emma McKeon after they failed to return to the Olympic Village on Tuesday night following a night out in Rio with teammates.
Olympic swimmers in more than half of the pool in Rio might have been boosted by a current, American scientists believe.
The plot thickened Wednesday when two American swimmers were barred from leaving the country by Brazilian officials, and Lochte slightly changed some of the details he had previously shared about the incident.
Federal police in Brazil stopped US Olympic swimmers Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger from boarding a flight to the United States at Rio de Janeiro's international airport on Wednesday, O Globo newspaper reported.
Australia's swimmers are placed under more pressure than their American rivals and that weight of expectation helps explain why their Rio medal tally failed to match their form going into the Games, five-time Olympic champion Ian Thorpe said on Wednesday.
The Australian marathon swimmer finished 20th but was already the story of the 10km race at Copacabana. Then he and his parents produced some of the most memorable post-race interviews of the Games.
Michael Phelps swims fast, but not fast enough to beat Uncle Sam, who awaits him at the finish line each time he wins a medal. His total income tax bill for the 2016 Games? Up to about $55,000 for his five golds and one silver.
His mid-air meltdown made him damaged goods but Swimming Australia should have made the brave call to have the Olympic great as a mentor for their nervy medal hopes.
The mysterious course of events that led to the International Olympic Committee denying that Ryan Lochte and three fellow US swimmers had been robbed at gunpoint remains unclear.
The teenager said she 'swallowed a lot of water' in her 15th place finish, while silver medallist Aurelie Muller was disqualied in a frantic race for the minor medals.
The Australian swimmer stars in the latest cult video from Next Animation Studio, which takes aim at the doping saga that has swept over the Rio Olympic Games.
The 400m freestyle champion on Sun Yang, performing under pressure and how being an international nobody helped him become an Olympic somebody.
Australia's swimmers have distanced themselves from any move to mimic America's style of Olympic trials, while head coach Jacco Verhaeren suggested there would be 'tweaks' rather than wholesale changes to the next Olympic campaign.
The performances of the likes of Cate and Bronte Campbell, Cam McEvoy and Emily Seebohm left themselves and many others flummoxed - and the greatest Olympian of all time is among them.
Lilly King and Yulia Efimova's Olympic rivalry was never destined to stay confined to the pool at the Olympic Aquatics Stadium, not with King's sudden prominence as a doping vigilante.
The Campbell sisters are still coming to terms with a meet that went dramatically off course for them after the opening night.
Swimming Australia has awarded itself high marks in its own report card on the Rio Olympics, despite winning fewer gold medals than at three of the past four Games.
Synchronised swimmers were greeted by clear blue water in the competition pool after officials worked through the night.
Australian swimmer Bronte Campbell has taken to Instagram to thank the public for their support throughout a "rollercoaster" Olympic campaign.
The American finished his career with 23 Olympic gold medals after helping USA to victory in the men's 4x100m medley relay
She had been the rock all week as her sister struggled in the spotlight but it was all too much for Bronte Campbell on the final night, while Kyle Chalmers showed why he's a star to help earn the male relay a bronze medal.
From virtual anonymity to Olympic gold medallist and face of the anti-doping crusade at these Games, it's been one heck of a week for the 20-year-old Victorian.
Denmark's Pernille Blume beat the favourites to win the 50 metres freestyle in 24.07 seconds on Saturday.
Practice for the open water swimming competition at Fort Copacabana has been cancelled after the starting platform sank.
"He's the reason I wanted to be a better swimmer," said Joseph Schooling after defeating his hero in the 100 metres butterfly.
Sarah Sjostrom and Jeanette Ottesen reflect on rushing to the aid of a shattered Cate Campbell, who broke down in tears on Friday night to thank her supporters amid a night of drama and heartbreak.
Joseph Schooling has won the men's 100m butterfly final to secure Singapore's first Olympic gold medal and deny Michael Phelps a 23rd in the last individual race of the American's extraordinary career.
With the drugs and the sex, and a gold medal at the age of 35, the Anthony Ervin tale was already extraordinary. Then came a revelation to match his achievement at the pool on Friday night.
"People will want to invest in him."
After struggling with illness, the 1500m throne is suddenly vacant as China's Sun Yang bombs out in the heats.
In an embarrassing twist to the Olympic 'green pool' fiasco, Rio 2016 organisers could be forced to move synchronised swimming events to another location to protect the eyes of the athletes.
The Campbell sisters were back in the pool for the 50m freestyle heats only hours after their 100m heartbreak.
Michael Phelps has won the Olympic 200 metres individual medley to capture the 22nd gold medal of his career and become the first swimmer to win the same event at four consecutive Games.
Fresh questions stand to be asked about the ability of Australia's best swimmers to deliver under pressure as Cate Campbell failed at Rio.
Chen Xinyi was fourth in the 100m butterfly. The news could add fuel to an already tense situation at the Olympic pool as doping once again takes centre stage in Rio.
The younger of the Campbell sisters placed fourth in the 100m freestyle final, missing a medal by 0.05 second.
Olympic Games swimming legend Michael Phelps created another slice of history by winning his 22nd gold medal on Friday, but a Canadian commentator's case of mistaken identity sent the internet into meltdown.
Cate and Bronte Campbell's Olympic dreams have been shattered in a dramatic final of the 100m freestyle, with both sisters missing a medal.
The 22-year-old's underwhelming individual campaign came to an end on the sixth night at the Olympic Aquatic Centre when he failed to reach the final of the 50m freestyle.
Mitch Larkin didn't get the gold medal he was after, but it was Emily Seebohm who failed to fire the most after missing out on the finals of the 200m backstroke.
One teenager has already taken out the world's best. Now Cate Campbell and sister Bronte will try to ensure it doesn't happen to them as a clear and present danger emerges from the pack.
Australian Cameron McEvoy has missed the cut for the 50m freestyle final at the Rio Olympics.
Australian head swim coach Jacco Verhaeren wasn't always sure if gold medal winner Kyle Chalmers would be a sensation in the pool, but he knew AFL wasn't capable of catapulting him to stardom.
Kyle Chalmers is being feted online for his stunning performance in the swimming pool at the Olympics this week.
Amid suggestions of illness Verhaeren said the pre-event favourite had simply bottled it on the big occasion in the 100m final.
The man dubbed "Robel the whale" has an explanation for his painfully slow swim in the 100m freestyle in Rio.
Before each race, Kyle Chalmers had a little ritual.
He's got a big record collection, he had to pick between footy and swimming, and his dad got into a bit of trouble for sending a fax, once upon a time.
The Adelaide teenager elected to pursue swimming over Australian Rules Football. A stunning gold in the Rio pool would vindicate that decision as Chalmers shook up the big guns of sprinting to claim an history gold medal.
The 21-year-old from Brisbane fought bravely in the 200m butterfly final only to be beaten to the wall fractionally by Spain's Mireia Belmonte Garcia.
Inspired by compatriot Mack Horton's win over Sun Yang, Australian Taylor McKeown wants to follow in his footsteps and strike a blow for clean sport by beating controversial Russian Yulia Efimova in Thursday night's 200m breaststroke final.
He had been favourite to win the 100m in the pool for the past year. But in the end the 22-year-old physics student had no answers for his seventh placing.
At just 16, Canada's Penny Oleksiak has thrown down the gauntet to Cate and Bronte Campbell ahead of the 100m freestyle final at the Rio Games.
A tear was shed on Monday night, but then Mitch Larkin put the disappointment of his 100m backstroke near miss to bed, and locked in on securing gold in Thursday night's 200m backstroke final.
Kyle Chalmers has stunned the swimming world. The Adelaide 18-year-old has come from the clouds to upset the superstars of men's sprinting and take a famous gold medal in the 100m freestyle final.
Mitch Larkin put on a brave face in the immediate aftermath of the 100m backstroke on Monday night, but behind the scenes things were different.
In the every-millisecond-counts world of Olympic swimming, the US swimming team has an unlikely partner in its quest for gold.
It's dangerous and foolhardy to tarnish Sun Yang with the same brush as other drug cheats.
Chinese swimmer Fu Yuanhui clinched the bronze medal 100m backstroke final, but has struck gold with fans across her home country with her hilarious/lively post-race interviews.
The Brisbane 21-year-old will start in lane four at the Olympic Aquatic Centre on night five of swimming finals in Rio.
Australian water polo players have complained of stinging and teary eyes after another Olympic pool turned green at the Rio games on Wednesday morning.
FINA may not be able to tell the sprint sisters apart but Cate Campbell has set the bar high for the 100m freestyle, with Bronte Campbell comfortably through to the semi-finals in eighth spot.
Teenager Chalmers was fastest through to the finals, in a dramatic round of swimming heats.
The scene has been set: America versus Australia versus Australia. Cameron McEvoy has company in his quest to win the 100m freestyle crown, with teenager Kyle Chalmers preparing to crash the party in Rio.
The relieved Australian collected her second medal of the Games in the 200m freestyle.
Careers such as Michael Phelps's span eras. He began racing Ian Thorpe and now races Mack Horton. Tide goes in, tide goes out, Phelps endures.
Mack Horton and Lilly King will be forever linked for their outspoken attack on dopers at the Rio Olympics. But there is an undeniable sadness that their Olympic exploits were lost amid the revolt.
The 24-year-old is adamant he has "nothing to prove" as the spectre of doping continues to rear its head at the pool.
The 400m gold medalist was back swimming again on Tuesday and thanked fellow swimmers like American Lilly King for supporting his stance against convicted dopers.
Australia has raised a complaint about swimmers and hockey players being called for early morning drug tests interrupting their sleep at the Rio Olympics.
French swimmer Camille Lacourt has taken a swipe at controversial Chinese swimmer Sun Yang, declaring: "he pisses purple".
The Olympics fancy themselves as the United Nations of sport, but this week would be described by foreign correspondents as a ticking time bomb.
In a stunning press conference, the American teenager joined Mack Horton on the anti-doping crusade, continuing her assault on rival Yulia Efimova and taking on the fastest man in America in the process.
Chinese swimmer Sun Yang says the pressure of his explosive slanging match with Australia's Mack Horton had taken its toll in the lead-up to his 200 metres freestyle triumph on night three at the Olympic Aquatic Centre, admitting he hadn't slept well since the dispute erupted.
The controversial Chinese swimmer claimed victory in the men's 200 metres freestyle on the third night at the pool in Rio.
Favourites for gold before the Olympics, the Brisbane pair had their dreams of gold medals skewered within 10 minutes on a tough night for the Australians at the Rio pool.
Australian world champion Mitch Larkin has been tipped out of a medal by 0.03 of a second in the 100 metres backstroke at the Olympic Aquatic Centre on Monday night.
Australia's backstroke world champion Emily Seebohm has finished seventh in the final of the women's 100m backstroke as Hungary's Iron Lady Katinka Hosszu claimed another gold medal in the Rio pool.
On his Australian Olympic team profile Brisbane's Grant Irvine cites Michael Phelps' haul of eight gold medals in Beijing as the sporting performance that inspires him the most.
For Australian backstrokers Mitch Larkin and Emily Seebohm, the climax of four years of work will unfold within the space of 10 minutes.
Bronte and Cate Campbell are as close as sisters can be ... until they race against each other.
Australia has flatly rejected calls for an apology over swimmer Mack Horton's controversial comments about Chinese swimmer Sun Yang.
The doping saga has boiled over at the Rio Olympics.
Did somebody say Olympic spirit? Umm, no. Instead, a squabble between Olympic swimmers has a whole lot of people in China saying a whole lot of other, not-so-podium-worthy things.
Not to be outdone by the Mack Horton, Sun Yang row the pooldeck in Rio is again heating up as US breaststroker Lilly King fired an anti-doping broadside at Russian world champion Yulia Efimova.
The American smashed her own 400m freestyle mark by nearly two seconds, while Britain's Adam Peaty and Sweden's Sarah Sjostrom also set world records.
Cam McEvoy says his relay swim has him primed for an assault on the 100m but a familiar foe stands in his way after Nathan Adrian guided the American men to gold in Rio.
Seebohm qualified seventh for the women's 100m backstroke final while fellow world champion Larkin was third fastest.
The 20-year-old has been attacked by China for branding Sun Yang a drug cheat. But his fellow swimmers are behind him.
The hostile war of words between Australian Olympic gold medallist Mack Horton and his Chinese rival Sun Yang has boiled over again in Rio, as the pair prepare to face in the pool in the 1500 metres.
Former America's Cup hero John Bertrand was the inspiration for the 20-year-old's deliberate pre-race psychological ploy.
The body's chief executive says Horton has its full support amid hysterical Chinese reactions, while the doping row is set to escalate at the Rio pool as controversial Russians begins to contend for medals.
Andrew Horton, the proud father of 400m freestyle gold medallist Mack, admitted he had no idea if his son had managed to win gold as his view in the last 15 metres of the race was blocked by the crowd in front of him.
Australia's 400m freestyle gold medallist Mack Horton has copped a barrage of abuse from Chinese swimming fans on social media in the wake of his sledge on rival Sun Yang.
Australia has qualified third fastest for today's final behind Russia and America, with Cameron McEvoy the star inclusion in a star-studded final that will also include American greats Michael Phelps and Nathan Adrian.
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