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After coach's arrest, Dibaba says she's 'crystal' clean

By GERALD IMRAY
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - New 1,500-meter Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon sat at a podium not long after winning her first major title - when she beat the world-record holde...
"Awesome Hour" on the track as US captures 6 Olympic medals

By PAT GRAHAM
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Tianna Bartoletta reflected on her first Olympic title and a rush of American medals and gave it a catchy name: "awesome hour." In a span of about ...
Police case against IOC executive seized naked by Rio police

By ROB HARRIS
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The IOC hierarchy is used to being treated like royalty in Olympic host cities. Brazilian police afforded Patrick Hickey no such deference early We...
Russia ends a special run in Rio for Canadian volleyball

By JANIE McCAULEY
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Canada's players gathered on their knees at one end of the court over the Olympic rings, taking it in together for a final time. Their special Rio ...
Jager earns 1st US Olympic medal in steeplechase since '84

By PAT GRAHAM
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Evan Jager knows steeplechase history about as well as anyone. Like, how difficult the Kenyans are to beat and how the Americans haven't captured a...
China goes 1-2 in prelims of women's 10-meter platform

By PAUL NEWBERRY
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - China's dominance at the diving pool shows no signs of waning. Si Yajie and Ren Qian went 1-2 in the preliminaries of women's 10-meter platform Wed...
Column: Losing gracefully still an Olympic sport

By JOHN LEICESTER
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - In a world in turmoil, one thing never changes: the Olympic sport of losing gracefully. With a crisp, assured landing of his final somersault off t...
Simone Biles and Zac Efron: Who's the bigger fan of whom?

The Associated Press
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Simone Biles, the biggest breakout star of the Rio Olympics, was starstruck. Understandable - despite four gold medals the gymnast is still a 19-ye...
Weightlifting head hopes to stay in Olympics despite doping

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The weightlifting competition at the Rio Olympics played out under a cloud of suspicion and scandal so severe that there are fears the sport may ge...
India could have worst Olympic performance since 1992

By TIM SULLIVAN
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - NEW DELHI (AP) - Months ahead of the Rio Games, Indian sports officials vowed that the massive nation would turn around its long history of dismal Olympic results and be...

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