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For 10 teams, Rio provided a first feel of Olympic gold

By The Associated Press
Aug 21, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - For some nations, winning Olympic gold is quite the regular occurrence. At the Rio de Janeiro Games, plenty of first-timers got to hear their anthe...
Coach K goes, Pop arrives for US hoops team in transition

By BRIAN MAHONEY
Aug 21, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Mike Krzyzewski is heading out, Gregg Popovich is coming in and maybe LeBron James would even come back. It's a time of transition for both the U.S...
Russia rallies for gold in rhythmic gymnastics group final

By WILL GRAVES
Aug 21, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A botched ribbon toss - a miscue that ended with one of Russia's streamers briefly laying on the Rio Olympic Arena floor - put the overwhelming fav...
Selecting 6 numbers turned Britain into Olympic superpower

By ROB HARRIS
Aug 21, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The path to the Olympic podium for British athletes begins with the selection of six numbers. Every time a Briton fills in a lottery slip and hands...
Column: Semenya takes after Mandela in Rio

By JOHN LEICESTER
Aug 21, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - As Caster Semenya stood on the Olympic medal podium, the gold around her neck, the South African anthem playing, one was reminded of another opinio...
USOC: More actions coming in Ryan Lochte's Olympic scandal

By TIM REYNOLDS
Aug 21, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Whatever celebration the U.S. Olympic Committee has planned for its return home after a wildly successful Rio de Janeiro Games on the competition f...
Kyle Snyder becomes youngest US Olympic wrestling champion

By LUKE MEREDITH
Aug 21, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - American wrestler Kyle Snyder's run to the world title in 2015 was so surprising that some wondered if it was something of a fluke. Snyder showed h...
Missed opportunities: The gold medals Russia could have won

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH
Aug 21, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - There have been boos and scandals for Russia in Rio, but also medals - a lot of them. A country which arrived under a cloud with a depleted team le...
In China, a forgiving public embraces fewer gold medals

By DIDI TANG
Aug 21, 2016 7:00 am - In a country long focused on bringing home as many Olympic gold medals as possible, this year's haul isn't what China expected. When China's 416-athlete delegation set o...
Golf leaves Rio in better shape than when it arrived

By DOUG FERGUSON
Aug 21, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Adilson da Silva of Brazil hit the first shot that put golf back in the Olympics for the first time in more than a century. Inbee Park hit the fina...

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