Olympian Ryan Lochte resisted group of armed robbers in Rio

Ryan Lochte initially resisted a group of armed men posing as police who robbed the Olympic gold medalist and three fellow American swimmers in Rio de Janeiro in Brazil, Lochte said in an interview broadcast on the Today show.

The robbery of Lochte, Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen early on Sunday, as they returned in a taxi to their hotels after a night of partying, has fed concern over safety at the first Olympic Games in South America.

“We got pulled over in our taxi and these guys came out with a badge, a police badge,” 32-year-old Lochte said.