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After 1,192 days, Brazil mega-event run ends at Paralympics

By STEPHEN WADE
Sep 18, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - After 1,192 days, Brazil's run of hosting mega-sports events came to an end Sunday at the Paralympic Games. It began with soccer's Confederations C...
Paralympics: China's Zou Lihong wins wheelchair marathon

By ANNA PITINGOLO
Sep 18, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Chinese wheelchair racer Zou Lihong captured her third medal and first individual gold of the Rio Paralympics on Sunday, beating American Tatyana M...
Rio Olympic CEO says privately-run budget needs public money

By STEPHEN WADE
Sep 18, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The CEO of the Rio Olympics said Sunday his privately funded operating budget needs just under $30 million in public funding to meet its obligation...
Technology at Paralympics sparks advances and controversy

By GARRETT ROSS
Sep 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Here's how good technology for prosthetic running blades has become. Greek runner Michail Seitis set a world record for his division with a time of...
Top US wheelchair racer could go home with 5 golds

By ANNA PITINGOLO
Sep 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Tatyana McFadden came into the Rio Paralympics with a chance to win seven gold medals, from the 100 meters to the marathon, an unprecedented feat f...
Paralympics could help remake Tokyo's narrow roads, doorways

By STEPHEN WADE
Sep 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike expects the 2020 Paralympics to make Japan's capital more accessible to people with disabilities. Narrow roadways and d...
Iranian cyclist dies after crash in Paralympics road race

By STEPHEN WADE
Sep 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - An Iranian cyclist died after crashing in a road race at the Rio de Janeiro Paralympics on Saturday. He was Bahman Golbarnezhad, aged 48, the Inter...
Doping investigator's final Russian report is months away

By GRAHAM DUNBAR
Sep 16, 2016 7:00 am - ZURICH (AP) - Doping investigator Richard McLaren's final report on state-backed cheating in Russia is several months from completion, casting fresh doubt on the nation'...
Time to go: Rio volunteers a little sad, a lot tired

By ALLISON GASPARETTI
Sep 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - They've been working since early August, from morning to night, acting as volunteer guides for Olympic and Paralympic athletes' families and specta...
Putin: Russia disapproves of anti-doping hackers

The Associated Press
Sep 16, 2016 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - President Vladimir Putin said Russia disapproves of the hack of medical files of Olympic athletes, though their findings should attract public attention. P...

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