Gunnar Bentz quietly gets to put Rio, and all that, behind him

Gunnar Bentz winning the 200 fly in March in Des Moines // Getty Images

Gunnar Bentz winning the 200 fly in March in Des Moines // Getty Images

TOKYO — If redemption is the most American of stories, then Gunnar Bentz — five years later — gets his chance here at the Tokyo 2020 Games.

It was nearly five years ago that Bentz and three other U.S. swimmers were involved in what came to be widely known as Lochtegate, the infamous episode at the gas station at the Rio 2016 Olympics. 

None of the other three are on the Tokyo team.

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