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Agreeing to suspensions of four months were Jack Conger, Gunnar Bentz, and Jimmy Feigen, who were with Ryan Lochte at the gas station. The sanctions, which will end on December 31, are training access and strip funding and preclude them from visiting the White House.

Bentz, who is 20 will only serve community service hours for the violation of a curfew rule meant for athletes under the age of 21.

‘As we have said previously, the behavior of these athletes was not acceptable. It unfairly maligned our hosts and diverted attention away from the historic achievements of Team USA,’ said Scott Blackmun, the USOC CEO.

‘Each of the athletes has accepted responsibility for his actions and accepted the appropriate sanctions,’ Blackmun added.

The USOC awards gold-medal winners a $25,000 bonus, the USA Swimming being awarded a bonus of $75,000 at the last Olympics.

While the almost 10-month suspension is longer with four months than the one Phelps received back in 2014 for the second DUI, next year’s ouster from the world championships is not considered a major one, because these championships usually attract a lesser field the year following the Olympics.

Despite the embarrassment, Ryan hasn’t maintained a low profile, on the contrary, regularly posting on the social media and accepting a place on the next season of ‘Dancing with the Stars.’

The Brazilian police accused Lochte last month with claiming a false robbery, but he hasn’t said if he’ll go back to Brazil in order to defend himself.

Ryan’s gold medal in the 4×200 freestyle relay is one of the 121 overall medals the United States got at the Olympics, his actions overshadowed a big portion of the second part of the Olympics.

The ethics commission of the International Olympic Committee’s is also looking into it.