{"id":200956,"date":"2016-08-11T18:40:43","date_gmt":"2016-08-12T01:40:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/?p=200956"},"modified":"2016-08-11T18:40:43","modified_gmt":"2016-08-12T01:40:43","slug":"2016-olympic-judo-medalist-mugged-streets-celebration-rio","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.tcpcharms.com\/bjpenn\/mma-news\/olympics\/2016-olympic-judo-medalist-mugged-streets-celebration-rio\/","title":{"rendered":"2016 Olympic Judo medalist mugged in streets during celebration in Rio"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While the Olympics are generally a time for athletes from all countries to come together to compete in sporting events, things didn&#8217;t go as planned in Rio for one Olympian.<\/p>\n<p>Belgian Judoka Dirk Van Tichelt was out in Rio celebrating his bronze medal win when he was sucker punched and mugged. While the thief managed to steal Tichelt&#8217;s cell phone, he fortunately was able to hold onto his bronze medal.<\/p>\n<p>Tichelt was taken to the hospital, where he received treatment for bruising on his face. He has since been released, and posted the following photo on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p lang=\"nl\" dir=\"ltr\">Dief in Rio steelt gsm en slaat Dirk Van Tichelt. Gevolg: blauw oog voor onze bronzen plak: <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/kFpnQ36398\">https:\/\/t.co\/kFpnQ36398<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/rMuuoUoVF5\">pic.twitter.com\/rMuuoUoVF5<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; sporza (@sporza) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/sporza\/status\/763127844922859520\">August 9, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While the Olympics are generally a time for athletes from all countries to come together to compete in sporting events, things didn&#8217;t go as planned in Rio for one Olympian. Belgian Judoka Dirk Van Tichelt was out in Rio celebrating his bronze medal win when he was sucker punched and mugged. 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