Robberies prompt calls for Olympic-level security in Rio now (Yahoo Sports)
Two members of the Australian Paralympic sailing squad were robbed at gunpoint in Rio on the weekend, emphasizing 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.