Athletes Are Already Getting Robbed in Rio Before Olympics

"The Olympics are still six weeks away, yet several athletes have already become victims of crime in Rio. Australian Paralympic sailor Liesl Tesch, 47, says a man with a gun demanded money, then pushed her off her bicycle as she rode in a park on Sunday. A second man stole the bike of her team's physiotherapist, per Australia's AP.

What Tesch termed an "absolutely horrific" crime—which comes a month after three Olympic sailors from Spain were robbed at gunpoint, per the BBC—has the Australian Olympic Committee demanding a review of the number of security forces in Rio and considering a curfew for athletes, per the Washington Post. "

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Athletes Are Already Getting Robbed in Rio Before Olympics