RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil: British sailors and 2012 London Olympic Games silver medalists Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark said Thursday (Friday in Manila) they had been robbed at knifepoint after a training session in 2016 host city Rio.

The pair, on a two-week training visit to Brazil, said two men armed with knives approached them as they headed for their hotel, threatened and jostled them, and robbed them of personal items -- including some of their training gear.

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