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Column: Solo, Lochte and a look at gender equality after Rio

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A triumphant Olympics for the U.S. team — especially all those golden female athletes — has come with some nasty aftershocks, raising more potential questions about gender inequality.

Let's start with Hope Solo, who was suspended for six months and effectively kicked off the national women's soccer team for some sore-loser comments in the wake of an excruciating defeat.

Still to come, presumably: Ryan Lochte, a 12-time Olympic medalist who awaits his fate for making up a fanciful tale about an armed holdup during a night of drunken revelry not long after the swimming competition ended.

If Lochte's punishment from USA Swimming or the U.