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Just trying to get this over with: Lochte

Olympic swimming champion Ryan Lochte says his legal team is dealing with the situation in Rio after he lied to police about having a gun held to his head.

Ryan Lochte
US swimmer Ryan Lochte says his legal team is dealing with his false police report charges in Rio. (AAP)

Ryan Lochte isn't saying whether he'll return to Brazil to face a charge of filing a false police report over an incident at a petrol station during the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

Lochte told ABC's "Good Morning America" his legal team is dealing with the situation, adding "we're just trying to get this over with."

Lochte admits he lied about having a gun held to his head during the incident at the Rio petrol station, where he and three other American swimmers had stopped to use a bathroom. Lochte says he has offered to reimburse fellow swimmer James Feigen for a nearly $US11,000 ($A14,530) fine Feigen paid to resolve legal issues and leave the country.

Lochte is set to compete on the upcoming season of ABC's "Dancing with the Stars."


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