Research Paper On Olympic Swimmers

Olympic Swimmers Opinion Piece
Four Olympic swimmers walked into a gas station bathroom after a night of drinking. They then kicked the bathroom door, pulled down a sign and returned to their taxi. Then an armed guard approached them and asked that they pay reparations. Allegedly the athletes handed over about fifty US dollars. When the swimmers returned to the place where they were staying they explained that they were late because they had been held up at gunpoint and robbed. According to Fox News Ryan Lochte gave a very detailed description saying “They pulled out their guns, they told the other swimmers to get down on the ground — they got down on the ground [...] And then the guy pulled out his gun, he cocked it, put it to my forehead and he said, 'Get down,' and I put my hands up”. I believe these swimmers made a bad choice but they can be forgiven because, they are constantly pressured to be perfect. The police in Rio launched an investigation into the robbery of these four Olympians. The ordeal was seen as an embarrassment to the city of Rio, which has been under pressure considering its hosting the first Olympic Games in South America. Because the
They have been under this pressure their whole lives but, everybody has a point where they crack. Everybody has a period of irresponsibility. I suspect training to be an olympic athlete you don’t get to have that; and a lot of other parts of your childhood are lost to rigorous training. Feeling like you have to represent your country from a young age is intense. While it’s unclear as to whether the swimmers would have faced any kind of ramification for returning home at 3 a.m, that kind of information stirs up a lot of drama when released to the public. Aside from the pressure of being an athlete representing America, there is the added pressure of being in the public eye and having your actions