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Paris mayor asks for 'national unity' in 2024 Olympic bid

The Associated Press
Sep 21, 2016 7:00 am - PARIS (AP) - Paris Mayor Anne Hidalgo has urged all French presidential candidates to throw their support behind the capital city's bid to host the 2024 Olympics. Speaki...
Naperville Olympian gives goal-setting advice at elementary alma mater

By Marie Wilson
Sep 21, 2016 1:00 am - White Eagle Elementary fifth graders Nikki Demetris and Mason Szewczyk now can say they've interviewed an Olympian. Gold medalist and swimmer Kevin Cordes of Naperville ...
Lindsey Vonn bringing 'Strong is New Beautiful' to Naperville

By Marie Wilson
Sep 21, 2016 1:00 am - Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn has perfected her own fitness and food regimens during years of training, and now she's sharing them in her book, “Strong is the New Beautiful...
Rome mayor to announce decision on 2024 Olympics bid

The Associated Press
Sep 20, 2016 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi, who has long opposed the city's bid for the 2024 Olympics as unsustainable, will formally announce her decision on the candidacy W...
Under 3 percent of US athletes in Rio had medical exemptions

By JIM LITKE
Sep 19, 2016 7:00 am - Fifteen of the 558 athletes in the U.S. delegation at the Rio Olympics - or slightly less than 3 percent - had therapeutic-use exemptions in force during the games. The ...
Rio judge seizes assets of official Olympic broadcaster

Associated Press
Sep 19, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazilian justice has blocked assets of the company that serves as the host broadcaster organization for the Olympic Games. The decision announced ...
Putin: hack of Olympic athletes data reveals WADA hypocrisy

The Associated Press
Sep 19, 2016 7:00 am - MOSCOW (AP) - President Vladimir Putin says the hack of Olympic athletes' data has cast a spotlight on a "hypocritical" decision to bar Russian athletes from the Rio Par...
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...

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