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" Ryan Lochte claims to have been mugged at a gas station during the 2016 Olympic games in Rio, but the veracity of his statements are being called into question. According to local police, Lochte and two other swimmers fudged the story to cover up the fact that they vandalized the gas station. But with someone like Lochte&amp;#039;s scruples called into question, it&amp;#039;s possible other athletes are lying about their experiences at the Olympic games. Here are 12 other stories we&amp;#039;ve heard from Olympians that may or may not be true. OK, they&amp;#039;re probably not true.* *None of these are true.  PHILIP HEINTZ Swimmer for Germany, upon hearing Ryan Lochte&amp;#039;s story about getting mugged &amp;quot;I also got held up at gunpoint. But there was, like, 10 or 12 bad guys and I wasn&amp;#039;t even scared. I started punching\u2026 I just started punching all the guys. I got most of them, but a couple ran away because they were so scared. One of the guy&amp;#039;s heads even came off, I punched it so hard. A few babes saw it happen.&amp;quot;     KATIE LEDECKY Swimmer for the U.S., on why she was wearing a junior pilot pin &amp;quot;On the way over here, the pilot let me fly the plane because I told him it was my birthday. I was very good at it. I even did a barrel roll and the captain gave me a high five. Don&amp;#039;t believe me? Why else would I have this pin?&amp;quot;     NIA ALI  Hurdler for the U.S., on how early she starts training &amp;quot;It sucks getting up at 4 a.m., and I have a long drive to the gym, but I don&amp;#039;t mind. I love driving. I can do the thing from the first Fast and the Furious movie where I can drift under a truck. It&amp;#039;s really not a big deal.&amp;quot;     FLORENT MANAUDOU Swimmer for France, via Twitter &amp;quot;It&amp;#039;s my fault the pool turned green. I don&amp;#039;t really want to talk about it, but it was an accident.&amp;quot;     EVAN JAGER Distance runner for the U.S., speaking about his diet during a press conference &amp;quot;Listen, this really needs to stay off the record. I&amp;#039;m a 3,000-year-old vampire. I drink human blood. You guys seem really cool so I&amp;#039;m telling you, but don&amp;#039;t tell anyone else, please. Seriously.&amp;quot;     VIRGINIA THRASHER Shooter for the U.S., after winning a gold medal in the 10m air rifle &amp;quot;Do you want to hear something crazy? That was my first time picking up a gun.&amp;quot;     MICHAEL PHELPS Swimmer for the U.S., on his proudest accomplishment &amp;quot;Yeah, I&amp;#039;m really proud of all the gold medals I&amp;#039;ve won so far, but I&amp;#039;m most proud of the magical medal I was awarded. I got it in a very top secret ceremony that no one is allowed to be at. It&amp;#039;s got the engraving of a powerful magician whose likeness has never been recreated. That&amp;#039;s really all I can say. Please don&amp;#039;t ask me for more details.&amp;quot;     SERENA WILLIAMS Tennis player for the U.S., on her athletic prowess &amp;quot;I don&amp;#039;t even think I&amp;#039;m that great of an athlete. I&amp;#039;m just mortally terrified of tennis balls and want to get them away from me immediately. I think it&amp;#039;s that adrenaline and that fear that makes me such a good player.&amp;quot;     SIMONE BILES Gymnast for the U.S., on secrets &amp;quot;My uncle works for Nintendo. He gave me all the codes for the new Super Mario game. I know where all the secret levels are and the game isn&amp;#039;t even out yet.&amp;quot;   MICHAEL PHELPS  When pressed for details on his alleged &amp;#039;Magical Medal&amp;#039; &amp;quot;OK, I wasn&amp;#039;t really awarded it. I found it in the public bathroom at the swimming pool. But it&amp;#039;s still very cool.&amp;quot;   JAKE DALTON Gymnast for the U.S., on his most overwhelming Olympic experience &amp;quot;Probably the craziest thing to happen during these games was accidentally getting abandoned by my owner, Jaimie. I was with my two friends Shadow and Sassy \u2014 they&amp;#039;re a dog and a cat, respectively \u2014 and we wound up traveling across the country to get back to Jaimie. We went over a waterfall and fought a mountain lion and I got a bunch of porcupine quills in my face. It was unbelievable.&amp;quot;     MICHAEL PHELPS When confronted with the fact that &amp;#039;Magical Medals&amp;#039; do not exist &amp;quot;Fine, you got me. It wasn&amp;#039;t really a medal. It was just a quarter but from another country, that I found in the bathroom. Still very cool.&amp;quot;    "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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