A number of Australian athletes have been detained in Rio de Janeiro after they allegedly tampered with their accreditation in order to gain access to the men’s basketball semi-final match between Australia’s Boomers and Serbia.
“Some people tried to tamper with their accreditation,” said Mike Tancred, the Australian team’s media boss.
“They’ve got stopped by people over at the stadium.
“It’s really a matter for the IOC as they’re in charge of accreditations. If you tamper with accreditations it is their problem.
“We’re over there with the lawyer.”
The athletes are being accompanied at the police station by Australian Olympic Committee lawyer Fiona de Jong.
Australia lost the match to Serbia 61-87 in what was a devastating end to the side’s hopes of bringing home a gold medal.
However, they still have the chance to win the team’s first ever Olympic medal, when they go up against Spain in the upcoming bronze medal match.
More to come.
Note: The choice of photo in this article is not intended to imply the specific identities of any of the athletes in question. It is only being used as a generic photo to represent the Australian team as a whole.
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