Crowd Cheers as Convicted Rapist is Eliminated in Olympic Beach Volleyball

In the shadow of the Eiffel Tower, the crowd heckled and booed from the first moment that Dutch Olympian Steven van de Velde stepped onto the sand. And as the sun set, fans whistled and celebrated as van de Velde's team lost in straight sets to undefeated Brazil in a round-of-16 beach volleyball elimination match.

Convicted of raping a 12-year-old schoolgirl in 2016, van de Velde and his teammate Matthew Immers lost decisively to a Brazilian team that included Evandro Gonçalves de Oliveira...