The Rio Farce, Day 14: Take his medal or strip the relay...

• Half-hearted apology on Twitter by Ryan Lochte, saying he should've been more "careful and candid". (Deadspin)  Well, you've now committed two very serious felonies now, Mr. Lochte.  The act AND the coverup.  Makes me wonder, as I've said, what else you did that night.  But facts are these:  Either the USOC has to remove his medal and the recognition thereof, or FINA/IOC need to strip the relay for misconduct, as if Lochte had doped.
• Jimmy Feigen has effectively been fined $10,800 for his actions in LochteGate.  He has to pay that sum to leave Brazil, which will then be donated to charity.  (Deadspin) 
• The other three swimmers involved told the USOC the same lie they originally said in Brazil.  (Yardbarker)   Discipline will come later, but a LIFETIME BAN has been considered for Lochte! (Yardbarker)  The "apology" today is a condition that the ban may only be temporary.
• The USOC has officially apologized to the Rio organizers.  (Inside the Games daily blog)
• Risako Kawai of Japan won the Olympic gold medal in her weight class in wrestling.  She then scored four points after the match (and gave up one when her coach was allowed to get up for the escape) when she celebrated with two textbook fireman's carry takedowns of her coach!  (Deadspin, with GIF)
• The USA women's 4x100m relay will be in an unusual lane for their position tonight.  They almost lost out completely in their heat, when they dropped their baton.  The problem:  A Brazilian runner had bumped the Americans during the exchange, allowing for a solo re-run of the race, which they completed in the fastest time.  However, since it is deemed a rerun and not the heat itself, they will have to compete in one of the "lucky loser" spots (lane 1 or 8).  (Deadspin)
• The Russian appeal of their full ban from the Paralympics will now be heard Monday and decided Tuesday.  (Inside the Games daily blog)
• The International Paralympic Committee has assured that the Paralympics will go ahead despite cuts.  We'll see about that.  (Inside the Games daily blog for the news, commentary mine)
• One of the larger stories of Day 14 is going to be what happened to probably-soon-to-be-former world #1 freestyle wrestler Jordan Burroughs of the USA at 74 kg.  After losing a contentious match to a Russian opponent (Aniuar Geduev, #2 in the world, 3-2), he was thrust into the repechage, and lost to an Uzbekistani opponent by technical fall, eleven points to one!