Aug 7, 2016; Rio de Janeiro, Brazil; Jimmy Feigen (USA) greets Anthony Ervin (USA) after the men's 4x100m freestyle relay heats in the Rio 2016 Summer Olympic Games at Olympic Aquatics Stadium. Mandatory Credit: Rob Schumacher-USA TODAY Sports
(Reuters) - U.S. Olympic swimmer Jimmy Feigen apologised on Wednesday for omitting key details when he told Rio de Janeiro police this month that he and fellow swimmers had been held up at gunpoint.
In a statement on the website of an Austin, Texas, law firm, Feigen said he failed to tell police that the swimmers had urinated behind a building or that teammate Ryan Lochte had torn a metal-framed advertising poster from a wall.
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