Swimming: Former Olympic champion Keller part of U.S. Capitol siege - reports


  • Swimming
  • Wednesday, 13 Jan 2021

FILE PHOTO: Klete Keller of the U.S. stands with his gold medal after the men's 200m freestyle event at the Pan Pacific 2006 swimming championships in Victoria, August 17, 2006. REUTERS/Jason Reed (CANADA)/File Photo

(Reuters) - American Klete Keller, who won two Olympic gold medals as a relay teammate of Michael Phelps, was identified as being among the Donald Trump supporters who stormed the U.S. Capitol last week, according to multiple reports.

Swimming news website SwimSwam said in a report https://swimswam.com/olympic-gold-medalist-in-us-capitol-during-clashes-video-appears-to-show that at least a dozen people within the sport identified the towering man wearing a U.S. Olympic team jacket inside the building as Keller after reviewing video and screenshots of the riot.

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