RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Spain's Olympic gold-medal winning sailor Fernando Echavarri says he's "lucky to have survived" after being robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro as he and two fellow Spaniards walked to breakfast.
Echavarri spoke with The Associated Press on Monday — three days after the incident — and says "we were too confident, and being confident in Rio is not a good thing."
Echavarri and members of the Spanish team have been training in Rio for almost two weeks, preparing for South America's first Olympics, which open in 2 1/2 months.
Street violence is endemic in Rio.