A u. S. Olympic swimmer has just completed a fourhour interview with Brazilian Police as two of his teammates are set to land on u. S. Soil shortly after also being questioned about their claims of an armed robbery. So brazilian authorities now say those claims were made up, but the swimmers refute that. Take a look as gunnar bentz and jack conger board a flight in rio last night. Rio police say the pair along with teammates ryan lochte and james feigen were security guard, not armed robbers. In a statement overnight the u. S. Olympic Committee Says we apologize to our hosts in rio and the people of brazil for this distracting ordeal in the midst of what should rightly be a celebration of excellence. Meanwhile, bentz and conger left the Police Station last night followed by an angry crowd. Abcs matt gutman has more on the investigation and what the swimmers say. Reporter its the robbery that police say never took place, and its now at the Heart International incident. This video obtained by abc news shows ryan lochte, one of the winningest olympians in history, and three other swimmers going into this gas station bathroom in the early hours of sunday morning. Lochte had been partying with friends snapchatting this video of himself at this club packed with 2,500 people. Lochte and his younger teammates, gunnar bentz, jack conger and james feigen, say that they got into a taxi then to go home to the olympic village. Thats when the story gets fuzzy. Lochte initially told nbc that armed men had pulled him over. His account was seen as a vicious black eye to the host city but then as Brazilian Police began to investigate, lochte appeared to change his story. Brazilian police are recommending that he and james feigen be indicted for providing false testimony to police insisting lochte and the others were never victims of an armed are two sides to every story. Police say the swimmers kicked down the door then vandalized the bathroom inside then those four swimmers continued on here back towards their taxi and and at this point, they allegedly ripped a poster off a wall before being confronted by those security guards. Police say the man is actually another Armed Security officer intent, they say, not on robbing them but on trying to subdue them. [ speaking a Foreign Language ] translator so the question of whether a gun was pointed at them, yes, the answer is yes. Of the athletes takes out his wallet, police say he was actually trying to give them money to pay for the damages. But sources who spoke to all four swimmers telling abc news lochte and the other swimmers were, in fact, held up by the man they thought were gunmen. The sources say they only released them once the americans coughed up 400 bucks. The police are claiming that the statement that lochte and feigen made to them was false, under brazilian law. Reporter even the Brazilian Police agree its unlikely that lochte or any of the other swimmers will face jail time. Im matt gutman in rio. The Brazilian Police say they are recommending charges of false reporting of a crime and that could carry a sentence of up to six months in jail, and we are just receiving word now that james feigen just completed his interview. Hes the last of those four swimmers i hours with brazilian authorities overnight. As you can imagine the morning papers are making light of all of this and getting creative along the way. The New York Post has the headline, the ugly american with the small caption, liar, liar, speedo on fire. New York Daily News is going with the lochte mess monster. Well take a closer look at his past to that shortlived reality show that he had coming up in just a few minutes. First, new this morning, advice to use her personal email account from one of her predecessors, former secretary of state colin powell. 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Reporter as brazilian authorities intensify their investigation, we take a closer look at ryan lochtes bad boy past. Has had a runin with the law. Court records show he was charged for public urination in florida in 2005. Five years later, he was charged with Disorderly Conduct after police say he was caught actively involved in a physical fight. Both dismissed after reaching prosecution deals. He became a household name making a huge name at the london games in 2012 where he took home five medals. The celebrity status earned him a starring role in his own Reality Tv Show on e what would ryan lochte do . The show only lasted one season but lochte told us just last month he would do it again. Linsey davis, abc news, new york. Wereoing to have much more on the scandal surrounding lochte and his teammates later this morning on gma. The coast guard came to the rescue of a sailboat taking on water 200 miles off the washington coast. 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Reporter jamaican superstar usain bolt dominated the 200 meter semifinal cruising to an effortless time of 19. 78 seconds. On sunday the worlds fastest man crushed the 100meter dash in 9. 81 seconds making him the only person to win event three types. Here he is, still invincible, usain bolt. Reporter so just how fast is bolt going . About 23 miles per hour. Keeping that same pace, it would only take him about 2 40 to run one mile. That means hed beat world class milers by more than five football fields, but we may never know because bolt says hes never actually run a whole mile. One reason hes so fast, his height. So with his long leg, it takes him only 40 or 41 strides when other sprinters need 43 or 44. He takes very long strides. And the speed of each stride is equal to what his shorter competitors do and that just lets him chew up the track and make it look like theyre just standing still. Reporter one other key to his success. In jamaica people are active their whole lives and sporting culture does start young. Sprinters are not only the superstars in jamaica but have been for a long time. So its all explained now. Long legs. Yeah. Im in trouble. Were doing like 60 strides per one of his. Thats whats making news in f0 its 4 30. Ryan lochte accused of lying. Now police in rio want him indicting. People living in one Denver Neighborhood tell us theres a big speeding problem there. Its so bad, some people dont let their kids play outside. Take a look at this, that is snow coming down atop pikes peak. Does this look like august you . Hopefully things will be calmer down here this morning. Dont tell me about snow. We have some time. First ever earliest snowfall in denver was september 3rd. Thats not far off. Could get more above 13,000 feet tonight. She says smiling. Just a little bit. Cllar skies. Few storms moving out. Partly cloudy sky in denver