{"id":266461,"date":"2017-07-18T11:00:01","date_gmt":"2017-07-18T18:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=266461"},"modified":"2017-07-18T10:36:47","modified_gmt":"2017-07-18T17:36:47","slug":"the-week-that-was-lochte-cleared-of-charges-in-brazil","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-lochte-cleared-of-charges-in-brazil\/","title":{"rendered":"The Week That Was: Lochte Cleared Of Charges In Brazil"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This week featured another development related to <\/span><b>Ryan Lochte\u2019s <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">post-Olympic gas station incident that led to his 10-month suspension from USA Swimming that barred him from this summer\u2019s World Championships. Look below to see the latest news from that incident and the rest of the biggest stories of the week.<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"oembed-wrap\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"The Week That Was -- July 18, 2017\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NhxlzpCevnk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #5 &#8211; Smith and Chadwick Sign With TYR<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_263713\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/leah-smith-35\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-263713\" data-attachment-id=\"263713\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-lochte-cleared-of-charges-in-brazil\/leah-smith-35\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/leah-smith-usa-nats-2017-3449.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2400,1600\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;2.8&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D5&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;leah-smith-&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1498760189&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;Peter H. Bick&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;1600&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;leah-smith-&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"leah-smith-usa-nats-2017 3449\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;leah-smith- 2017, Smith Leah, USA Swimming Nationals&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/leah-smith-usa-nats-2017-3449-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/leah-smith-usa-nats-2017-3449-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-263713\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/leah-smith-usa-nats-2017-3449-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"leah-smith-\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-263713\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Peter H. Bick<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Two U.S. National Team members, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/leah-smith-agrees-to-professional-contract-with-tyr-sport\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Leah Smith<\/b><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/michael-chadwick-signs-apparel-deal-with-tyr-sport\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>Michael Chadwick<\/b><\/a>, both signed with TYR Sport this week ahead of the 2017 FINA World Championships. Smith, who won two Olympic medals in Rio last summer, recently qualified for five individual events in Budapest next week. Smith most recently completed her NCAA career at the University of Virginia. Chadwick announced his signing just one day after Smith\u2019s. The former Missouri swimmer also recently completed his NCAA eligibility, placing second behind <b>Caeleb Dressel <\/b>at this year\u2019s NCAA Championships. Chadwick will be representing the United States in Budapest as part of the men\u2019s 400 free relay.<\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #4 &#8211; FINA Announces Hosting Duties For Short Course Worlds<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_145172\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2015-fina-world-championships\/venue-fina-world-championships-2015\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-145172\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-145172\" data-attachment-id=\"145172\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/2015-fina-world-championships\/venue-fina-world-championships-2015\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/venue-fina-world-championships-2015.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1024,683\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4.5&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D800&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1437219042&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;38&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;640&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.0015625&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"venue-fina-world-championships-2015\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;8\/5\/2016&lt;br \/&gt;\nvenue-fina-world-championships-2015&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: FINA Kazan2015&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/venue-fina-world-championships-2015-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/venue-fina-world-championships-2015-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-145172\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/venue-fina-world-championships-2015-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"fina world championships\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-145172\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: FINA Kazan2015<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">FINA <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kazan-and-budapest-awarded-2022-2024-fina-world-swimming-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">announced the two host cities for the Short Course World Championships<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in 2022 and 2024, awarding the games to the cities of Kazan and Budapest. Both cities have been recent hosts of the long course World Championships, with Kazan <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2015-fina-world-championships\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hosting the 2015 competition<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and Budapest currently <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2017-fina-world-championships\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">hosting the 2017 competition<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The two cities were chosen from four possible choices. The other two host bids were for Hong Kong and Taipei\u00a0The next two Short Course World Championships will take place in Hangzhou, China, in 2018 and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates in 2020. You can read FINA\u2019s full statement on their decision to choose both cities <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/kazan-and-budapest-awarded-2022-2024-fina-world-swimming-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><\/h3>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #3 &#8211; Open Water Competition Underway in Budapest<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_218586\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-2016-rio-olympics-come-to-a-close\/rio-open-water-generic-race\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-218586\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-218586\" data-attachment-id=\"218586\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/the-week-that-was-2016-rio-olympics-come-to-a-close\/rio-open-water-generic-race\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/rio-open-water-generic-race.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"2736,1824\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"rio-open-water-generic-race\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;10\/4\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\n9\/5\/2016&lt;br \/&gt;\nrio-open-water-generic-race&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Eric Seals-USA TODAY Sports&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/rio-open-water-generic-race-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/rio-open-water-generic-race-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-218586\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/08\/rio-open-water-generic-race-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"rio-open-water-generic-race\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-218586\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Eric Seals-USA TODAY Sports<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The 2017 FINA World Championships kicked off this week with the open water competition in Budapest, with some familiar names returning to the top of the podium. One of those competitors was French athlete <\/span><b>Aurelie Muller<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/aurelie-muller-france-wins-womens-10k-open-water-world-championship\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">who won the women\u2019s 10k event<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to defend her title from <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/frances-aurelie-muller-captures-womens-10k-open-water-race-at-2015-fina-world-championships\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">two years ago in Kazan<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. That was also a notable rebound from her disappointing performance last summer in Rio, where she was DQ&#8217;ed after initially <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/sharon-van-rouwendaal-dominates-10k-open-water-race-wins-olympic-gold\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">finishing second<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in the event. Muller\u2019s teammate <\/span><b>Marc-Antoine Olivier <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">won the men\u2019s 5k to open the competition. In the men&#8217;s 10k race, Olympic gold medalist\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ferry-weertman-captures-10k-world-championship-gold\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Ferry Weertman<\/strong> touched out 2015 World Champion\u00a0<strong>Jordan Wilimovsky<\/strong><\/a><\/span><b>\u00a0<\/b>in a sprint finish.\u00a0<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can get all the updates on the open water events and all aquatic events from this summer\u2019s World Champs on our <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/meet\/2017-fina-world-championships\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Event Landing Page<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #2 &#8211; Phelps Adds More ESPY Wins<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_266035\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/video-michael-phelps-on-the-red-carpet-at-the-espys\/news-the-2017-espys\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-266035\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-266035\" data-attachment-id=\"266035\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/video-michael-phelps-on-the-red-carpet-at-the-espys\/news-the-2017-espys\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/michael-phelps-espys-red-carpet-e1499982368458.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1096,761\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"News: The 2017 ESPYS\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;7\/13\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\nJuly 12, 2017; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Former olympic swimmer Michael Phelps arrives for the 2017 ESPYS at Microsoft Theater. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports NPStrans&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/michael-phelps-espys-red-carpet-e1499982368458-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/michael-phelps-espys-red-carpet-e1499982368458-1024x711.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-266035\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/07\/michael-phelps-espys-red-carpet-e1499982368458-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"July 12, 2017; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Former olympic swimmer Michael Phelps arrives for the 2017 ESPYS at Microsoft Theater. Mandatory Credit: Jayne Kamin-Oncea-USA TODAY Sports\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-266035\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Jayne Kamin-Oncea\/USA TODAY Sports<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olympic legend <\/span><b>Michael Phelps <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">added to his list of accolades this week, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/phelps-2017-espy-best-record-breaing-performance\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">winning his eighth and ninth ESPY Awards this week<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Phelps brought home the ESPY for Best Record-Breaking Performance, an accolade that he had also won in 2009 and 2013. Later in the night, Phelps won the Best Male U.S. Olympic Athlete Award, one that he also has picked up in 2005, 2009, and 2013. Phelps has also won the Best Male Athlete (2009) and Best Moment (2009) ESPY Awards throughout his career. You can see a list of all the ESPY Award winners <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.espn.com\/espys\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, and see the video of Phelps receiving the award <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/video-michael-phelps-on-the-red-carpet-at-the-espys\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">here<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><\/p>\n<h3><b>The Week That Was #1 &#8211; Lochte Cleared Of Criminal Charges In Brazil<\/b><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_253934\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ryan-lochte-returns-with-new-love\/ryan-lochte-43\/\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-253934\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-253934\" data-attachment-id=\"253934\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ryan-lochte-returns-with-new-love\/ryan-lochte-43\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ryan-lochte.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"720,500\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;1&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"ryan-lochte\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;1\/12\/19&lt;br \/&gt;\n6\/18\/18&lt;br \/&gt;\n7\/18\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\n5\/3\/17 &#038; 6\/14\/17&lt;br \/&gt;\nryan-lochte&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ryan-lochte-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ryan-lochte.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-253934\" src=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/05\/ryan-lochte-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"ryan-lochte\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-253934\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Griffin Scott<\/p><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Olympian and <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ryan-lochte-caiden-zane-lochte\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">new father<\/span><\/a> <b>Ryan Lochte <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">has been <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ryan-lochte-cleared-of-criminal-charges-in-brazilian-court\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">cleared of criminal charges in a Brazilian court<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Lochte was accused of falsely reporting in a crime in Brazil last summer following a controversial incident following the completion of the swimming events in Rio. Lochte notably claimed on national television that he and his teammates had been robbed at gunpoint in Brazil, when in reality they had instigated a confrontation with security guards at a gas station. Lochte was cleared of charges through an appeals court, which decided he was innocent as an investigation had not been opened at the time he made those comments. Lochte was suspended from competition for 10 months following the incident, which just ended on July 1. He <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ryan-lochte-to-return-to-racing-at-los-angeles-invitational\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">was scheduled to make his return to racing<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the LA Invite this week, but ended <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/ryan-lochte-not-competing-at-la-invite-after-all\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">up pulling out of the competition<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> at the last minute. <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week featured another development related to Ryan Lochte\u2019s post-Olympic gas station incident that led to his 10-month suspension from USA Swimming that barred him from this summer\u2019s World 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