Call for more Rio security after Paralympic athletes robbed (Yahoo Sports)
The weekend incident in Rio highlighted fears of crime against foreign athletes ahead of the Aug. 5-21 Summer Games. ”Maybe the organizing committee should mobilize their games-time defense force early,” Kitty Chiller, Australia’s Olympic team leader, said Tuesday. A statement from Australian Sailing said Paralympic sailor Liesl Tesch and team official Sarah Ross were confronted by two men while riding their bicycles in Rio park on Sunday.