According to several mainstream sites, the International Olympic Committee has formed an official disciplinary committee (not unlike two it has chaired for the Russian Sochi debacle) against Ryan Lochte and his three teammates at a Rio gas station and the coverup which followed.
The IOC does have the power, should it find it necessary to do so, to strip Lochte of his medals won in Rio, and that includes a gold in the 4x200m men's freestyle relay. The committee is also investigating the conduct of Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger, and Jimmy Feigen. Conger and Bentz swam in the 4x200 heat, Feigen swam in the 4x100 freestyle, meaning that gold medal could get stripped too.
With Feigen nearly having to pay $11,000 to be allowed to leave Brazil, this is clearly a serious matter.
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