"I left details out... "I let my team down," Lochte said when asked how he felt being home while his teammates were detained in Brazil. "I wanted to be there, like, I don't want them to think that I left, and left them dry because they were my teammates. "I just wanted to make sure that they were at home safe before I came out and talked," he added.Lochte had similar words of contrition when interviewed by Brazil's Globo TV. "I am sorry, it won't happen again," he said.

Source: Times of India August 21, 2016 08:26 UTC