Two Olympic swimmers are banned from the Games' Closing Cermonies after a night out in Rio ended in missed curfews and a robbery on Tuesday, reports say. Josh Palmer and Emma McKeon are banned from the ceremony after a night out in Copacabana in which the athletes failed to return to the Olympic Village on time and Palmer was robbed for $1,000, CNN reports. "McKeon chose to stay the night with swimming friends in the Copa district without informing Team Management," Australian Olympic Committee chief Kitty Chiller said in a statement according to CNN. "[Palmer] headed to a beach kiosk with a friend and continued drinking.
- 8/19/2016
- by Char Adams, @CiCiAdams_
- PEOPLE.com
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