It came as sources revealed it was Australian officials who handed out the fake stickers the Olympians stuck to their ID passes to try to gain entry to the Boomers v Serbia basketball showdown on Friday night local time.
The athletes detained were named by the AOC as Ashlee Ankudinoff and Melissa Hoskins from cycling, rugby sevens captain Ed Jenkins, Alec Potts and Ryan Tyack from archery, Olympia Aldersey, Fiona Albert and Lucy Stephan from rowing and Simon Orchard from hockey.
Cyclist Matthew Glaetzer was not charged but detained as a witness. He was not required to provide a statement to police Chef de Mission Kitty Chiller stopped short of identifying who was responsible, cutting short a press conference in which she was repeatedly questioned about the third party who had altered the passes.
“I think its very important to note that the athletes were definitely not at fault and we have and will continue to provide as much support and counselling to them and their parents,” she said, adding the athletes were aware they were carrying false documents and that it followed a longstanding tradition.
“It’s unfortunately a practice that has been traditional not only in Australia but in other countries as well. It’s putting another sticker on your accreditation with another venue access code on it.”
The AOC later issued a statement with Ms Chiller’s personal apology.
“The athletes were held at a police station for many hours and I apologise for the trauma they went through, the problem with the accreditation was not their fault,” she said.
“For legal reasons I am not in a position to elaborate except to say it is important to know that the Australian athletes were definitely not at fault. I am very disappointed our athletes had to go through what then went through last night”.
Ms Chiller and AOC lawyer Fiona de Jong met the athletes again on Saturday morning local time (Sunday morning EST) to offer counseling.
Ms de Jong told the press conference the athletes avoided a prison term after she was able to negotiate the fine.
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