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Olympics: Robbers attack athlete at Rio

Not long afterย Dirk Van Tichelt won a bronze metal in judo, the Belgian athlete was beat up and hospitalized by a opportunistic thief on the Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, home to the 2016 Summer Olympics.

While the beach bandit got away with a cellphone, he did not, thankfully, make off with that shiny new medal.

Belgian athlete
Dirk Van Tichelt, Robbed Belgian athlete

Dief in Rio steelt gsm en slaat Dirk Van Tichelt. Gevolg: blauw oog voor onze bronzen plak: http://sporza.be/permalink/1.2735240ย โ€ฆ

Not to be “that guy” …ย but couldn’t he just Harai-Goshi that dude into the sand or something?

To be fair, anyone can be a target in Brazil (or anywhere, for that matter). Back in 2014, former Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) light heavyweight champion Mauricio Rua — one of the baddest light heavyweights to ever lace up the gloves —ย was robbed at gunpoint in Linha Vermelha.

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