Dumb. Dumb. Dumb. They may be great at what they do, but they are still dumb young men, basically on holiday.
But you know what? I’ll take THIS minor scandal over Palestinian b@stards torturing and murdering Israeli athletes in cold blood.
Perspective.
This was a dumb thing to do. I can only speculate, but I imagine that because of their elite swimming status here in the U.S. this isn’t their first rodeo doing things they shouldn’t, the problem is they got away with their shenanigans before without consequence and they have not anticipated facing consequences for their actions.