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Things are certainly getting better for  Ryan Lochte ! On Sunday, the Olympian took to  Instagram  to reveal that he is now engaged to his girlfriend  Kayla Rae Reid . How exciting! For the sweet pic (above), the competitive swimmer wrote: "Memories forever!!! #thelochtes #LA" DANGGGG! Look at that rock! And it seems as though Miz Reid is as impressed with Ryan's surprise as we are as she too took to IG and posted: In case you forgot, the duo first connected back in January 2016 when they met at an El Lay hotspot. So chic! Although the twosome have only dated for nine months, Ryan's pretty confident about his engagement decision….especially after the former  Playboy  model stood by his side following his Rio scandal. Earlier this month, during a candid chat with  USA Today , the  Dancing With The Stars  contestant dished: "My family says, ‘Don't you think it's a little too soon?' I'm like, 'Can you put a time on l...

dal Trigger Ryan Lochte at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The Team USA swimmers who were robbed at gunpoint while leaving a party in Rio may have been set up by their cabbie. Rio’s former police chief speculated Monday that the driver bringing the four swimmers, including gold medalist Ryan Lochte, back to Olympic Village could have been in cahoots with the armed robbers who were involved in the Sunday stickup. “Where is the taxi driver?”  Ubiratan Angelo told NBC News.  “[He] disappeared. Nobody knows.” Lochte and his teammates Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen  were riding back to their room around 3 a.m. Sunday when they were approached by a group of gun-slinging thugs posing as police officers. “These guys came out with a badge, a police badge, no lights, no nothing, just a police badge and pulled us over,” he told NBC. “They pulled out their guns. They told the other swimmers to get down on the ground. They got down...