AFP2 Jul, 2026 08:27 PM3 mins to readDavid Hearn competing at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia. He has denied vandalism charges relating to the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool. Photo / Getty ImagesA former US Olympian accused of vandalising Washington’s newly renovated reflecting pool has been charged with a felony and could face up to 10 years in prison if convicted, a federal prosecutor said.

The renovation of the pool next to the US capital’s Lincoln Memorial is a pet project of