{"id":218903,"date":"2016-08-18T18:34:09","date_gmt":"2016-08-19T01:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=218903"},"modified":"2016-08-18T18:47:26","modified_gmt":"2016-08-19T01:47:26","slug":"report-jack-conger-gunnar-bentz-leaving-rio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/report-jack-conger-gunnar-bentz-leaving-rio\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Jack Conger, Gunnar Bentz Finally Leaving Rio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0<em>Associated Press<\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ryan-lochte-jimmy-feigen-indicted-for-falsely-reporting-robbery\/\" target=\"_blank\">reports<\/a> that U.S. Olympic swimmers\u00a0<strong>Jack Conger\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Gunnar Bentz\u00a0<\/strong>are leaving Rio tonight.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Associated Press journalists saw Bentz and Conger checking in late Thursday for a flight leaving the country. They were whisked through security and did not have to wait in line.<\/span><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>The two were involved in an incident with <strong>Ryan Lochte\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0<strong>Jimmy Feigen\u00a0<\/strong>early Sunday morning in which the Lochte claimed the foursome was robbed at gunpoint by men dressed as police. An investigation has since revealed that <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ryan-lochte-jimmy-feigen-indicted-for-falsely-reporting-robbery\/\" target=\"_blank\">Lochte fabricated the story<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>According to police, that the quartet actually stopped at a gas station, where video evidence shows one or more of them vandalizing a gas station bathroom. They were then confronted by security as they attempted to get back in their taxi.<\/p>\n<p>The duo pulled off their flight Wednesday night so they could be questioned by Rio police. Lochte is already back in the United States, while Feigen remains in Rio. Lochte and Feigen <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ryan-lochte-jimmy-feigen-indicted-for-falsely-reporting-robbery\/\" target=\"_blank\">may still face charges<\/a> after an investigation is conducted.<\/p>\n<p><strong>UPDATE (10:4x Rio time):\u00a0<\/strong>NBC&#8217;s\u00a0<strong>Gadi Schwartz\u00a0<\/strong>posted video of Conger and Bentz at the Rio airport. Neither commented when pressed by assembled reporters.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Gunnar Bentz &amp; Jack Conger headed back to the U.S. after speaking with Rio Police. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/RyanLochte?src=hash\">#RyanLochte<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Rio2016?src=hash\">#Rio2016<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kAHFO2FjIR\">pic.twitter.com\/kAHFO2FjIR<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gadi Schwartz (@GadiNBC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GadiNBC\/status\/766450361284562944\">August 19, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" async=\"\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The\u00a0Associated Press reports that U.S. Olympic swimmers\u00a0Jack Conger\u00a0and\u00a0Gunnar Bentz\u00a0are leaving Rio tonight. 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