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Iraqi-American powerlifter finishes journey at Paralympics

By ANNA PITINGOLO
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...
WADA says Russian hackers published athletes' medical data

By GRAHAM DUNBAR
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...
Paralympics: Games hit 'Big Time' as athletes look for edge

By STEPHEN WADE
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...
Five things to know: Lots of records at the Rio Paralympics

By BRETT GRAVATT
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...
Russians stripped of 2 Beijing Olympic medals for doping

The Associated Press
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...
Some Paralympic athletes are competing in multiple sports

By EMILY GREENWOOD
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...
CONI: If Rome 2024 bid dropped, candidacy unlikely for years

The Associated Press
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 ...
IOC decides against further punishment for Ryan Lochte

The Associated Press
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...
Paralympics entertain bigger-than-expected crowds in Rio

By KENNINGTON LLOYD SMITH III
Sep 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Three weeks ago, organizers and event fans were worried that the 2016 Paralympics would not be well-attended. But when SÃ£o Paulo resident Marco Fu...
Unmanned hot-air balloon hits Olympic arena; minor damage

The Associated Press
Sep 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A small, unmanned hot-air balloon crashed into the roof of one of the arenas in Rio's Olympic Park on Monday, causing minor fire and water damage b...

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