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Speedo and Ralph Lauren among sponsors to drop swimmer Lochte following Rio 2016 antics

Lochte was among four United States swimmers who initially claimed they had been robbed at gunpoint when returning to the Olympic Village, before closed circuit television footage emerged of the men vandalising a petrol station following a night out.

The incident provoked outrage here in Brazil, as well as negative reactions across the world.