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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...
BMX racing grows up, blazes trail for Olympic action sports

By GENARO C. ARMAS
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - BMX racing is growing up at the Summer Olympics. It's that extreme sport where cyclists pedal on bikes over a roughly quarter mile-long course fill...
France bounces back to win show jumping gold; US second

By DANIELLA MATAR
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - France bounced back from a difficult week to claim its second team title in equestrian at the Rio Games, beating the United States to a gold medal ...
Runner who helped hurts knee and won't return at Olympics

By PAT GRAHAM
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The 5,000-meter runner whose act of friendship captured the Olympic spirit will not return to the track in Rio after tearing ligaments in her knee....
Column: Chill, Brazil. You're still soccer's gold standard

By JIM LITKE
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Fans wearing the familiar gold-and-green-trimmed shirts of Brazil's national team were still streaming up the ramp and into the Maracana Stadium wh...

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