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RIO DE JANEIRO -- A man who helped translate conversations between Olympic swimmer Ryan Lochte, his teammates and armed security guards at a gas station says a gun wasnt pointed at them during the encounter.Fernando Deluz, a 38-year-old disc jockey, also said that Americans decided to pay for property they destroyed to avoid calling police.But nearly as soon as his story came out, an American swimmer gave a different account in a detailed statement, saying two guns were pointed at the athletes as the event unfolded.The incident has become a defining story of the games. Brazilian police have said Lochte was lying when he said he was robbed, and police said instead, the swimmers vandalized a bathroom while intoxicated.Lochte apologized on Instagram for not being more careful and candid about how he described the incident, but maintained a gun was pointed at him by a stranger and that the swimmers were forced to pay money to leave the gas station.Deluz said he had stopped at the gas station around 6 a.m. on Sunday after working a party all night. There, security guards had confronted the swimmers about a bathroom door they apparently forced open.When two swimmers walked off, Deluz says one of the two security guards put one hand on his gun and pointed at the ground, telling the men in Portuguese to sit. The other guard stood by but did nothing, Deluz says.There was no aggression. Pointing a gun at them? Never. There was nothing like that, Deluz said during an interview with The Associated Press.Police have gone back and forth about whether guns were pulled on the swimmers. Gunnar Bentz, who returned to the U.S. on Friday, described two guns being drawn.The first security guard held a badge to me and drew his handgun, Bentz said.He said he yelled at two teammates who were walking away to come back. Then the second guard drew his weapon and both guards pointed their guns at us and yelled at us to sit on a nearby sidewalk.Deluz said he began to translate when he realized the swimmers did not understand the guards.That is when they started saying, `No police. Please, dont call police! said Deluz.Two days later, upon reading Lochtes initial account of a robbery, Deluz says he was surprised to learn that the men were Olympic swimmers.They made a lot of mistakes, said Deluz. 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With the first unit struggling of late and Amir Johnson - one of the teams iron men - hobbling on an injured right ankle, Patterson knew he could get the nod in a challenging matchup against one of the leagues up and coming players at his position.Adelaide Ovals carefully prepared day/night Test pitch has been tweaked as a result of last summers day three finish to offer less to bowlers - two millimetres less to be precise.The height of the grass on the surface was a major talking point in the aftermath of the inaugural floodlit Test, with Australias captain Steven Smith and his New Zealand counterpart Brendon McCullum both reasoning the experimental pink ball would be no worse off for more extensive use of the lawn mower.What would change, though, was the amount of seam movement on offer to the bowlers. Batsmen, administrators, broadcasters and sponsors would all prefer a match that lasts until the fourth evening at least, meaning the seamers who prospered last year will likely be the chief parties disappointed by the curator Damian Houghs latest creation.Preparation-wise still leaving a bit of grass on it, he said. Were bringing the starting height down and the finished height will be down another 2mm from last year.In review of last year, which was a good learning experience, leaving the grass on it assisted the quicks a little bit more. We were really happy with the game but feel a couple millimetres less will hopefully still keep it a good contest between bat and ball - thats what were after.It mightnt nip around quite as much. You still think it will hoop around a bit at night with the ball but we thought maybe well get that balance a bit better.Houghs work with Adelaides drop-in surfaces has evolved considerably since they were first installed for the summer of 2013-14. The surface then was prepared to be dry after the fashion of Adelaides original square, but a lack of thee desired deterioration pushed Hough to take a different approach in which thatchy grass coverage could assist both pacemen and spinners throughout a match.ddddddddddddOur game plan with leaving the grass on is to leave a coarse thatchy grass, the ball will bite into for the quicks it should also do the same for the spinner, Hough said. Weve ben doing that for two years now and the feedback has been the spinners have still been able to get purchase out of that grass and get a bit of turn.The grass we leave on it, were not going to get a lot of breaking up. We havent had that for 3-4 years. Were going down that path, dont get that natural deterioration so well get the grass to assist the ball biting in and moving around a little bit.While Hough has been lauded about his work with drop-in surfaces, he admitted there was still much unknown about them, for wickets can take years of use to mature in their characteristics.Its still new. Is it the drop-in pitch thats preventing the pitch from deteriorating or is it a brand new wicket area and brand new soil that needs time to mature? Who knows, he said. Weve got different pitches that weve remade, or rebuilt some drop-in pitches with a different grass variety that is opening up. Well keep working on it and keep assessing it and adjusting as we see fit.Where were at now, were really comfortable with the feedback from all the visiting players, coaches at Shield level has been really positive. Were trying to produce a pitch with a really good contest from bat and ball. ' ' '