Gold Medal Winning Swimmer Found Sleeping in a Park After Complaining About Conditions of Olympic Village

Italian swimmer Thomas Ceccon was seen sleeping outside in a park after previously criticizing the conditions of the Olympic Village. Ceccon, who won the gold medal in the men’s 100-meter backstroke, has been vocal in his displeasure with the athletes’ living conditions. After failing to qualify for the 200-meter backstroke final, he cited those conditions as a major factor in his competition readiness. “There is no air conditioning in the village, it’s hot, the food is bad,” he said in a report from The Sun. “Many athletes move for this...