Olympics
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Armless Archer: There's almost nothing he can't do
Sep 14, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Matt Stutzman was born with no arms - just stumps at the shoulders - but he says there's almost nothing he can't do. He holds a world record for th...
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AP PHOTOS: Records fall, attendance rises at Paralympics
Sep 14, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The Paralympic Games are in the home stretch, having overcome budget problems to stage a highly successful competition that has seen higher-than-ex...
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Iraqi-American powerlifter finishes journey at Paralympics
Sep 13, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - It's been quite a couple of weeks for Ahmed Shafik, the lone U.S. powerlifter at the Rio Paralympics. His wife delivered the couple's second son ea...
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WADA says Russian hackers published athletes' medical data
Sep 13, 2016 7:00 am - GENEVA (AP) - Confidential medical data of gold medal-winning gymnast Simone Biles, seven-time Grand Slam champion Venus Williams and other female U.S. Olympians was hac...
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Paralympics: Games hit 'Big Time' as athletes look for edge
Sep 13, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The Paralympic Games have hit the big time. There's serious money for a few through performance and sponsorships, and wily ways to get an edge. The...
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Five things to know: Lots of records at the Rio Paralympics
Sep 13, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The Rio Paralympics have hit the midpoint, with its Brazilian hosts overcoming budget issues to stage what has been a successful games so far, with...
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Russians stripped of 2 Beijing Olympic medals for doping
Sep 13, 2016 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Russia has been stripped of two track and field medals from the 2008 Beijing Olympics after retests showed their athletes doped with an anab...
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Some Paralympic athletes are competing in multiple sports
Sep 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Tatyana McFadden wanted to go to Russia, where she was born and lived until age 6. So she took up Nordic skiing, qualified for the 2014 U.S. Paraly...
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CONI: If Rome 2024 bid dropped, candidacy unlikely for years
Sep 12, 2016 7:00 am - ROME (AP) - Italian Olympic Committee president Giovanni Malago says that if Rome's bid for the 2024 Games is rejected by Mayor Virginia Raggi, a new candidacy wouldn't ...
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IOC decides against further punishment for Ryan Lochte
Sep 12, 2016 7:00 am - LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) - Ryan Lochte will not receive separate punishment from the International Olympic Committee for lying about being robbed at gunpoint during th...