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China's 'mudslides' inject personality into once-staid team

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH and DIDI TANG
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Lovesick. Goofy. Flamboyant. Not usually words you'd associate with China's Olympic team. In Rio, however, a new generation of Chinese Olympians ar...
Yeleussinov wins 4th straight Kazakh welterweight gold medal

By DAN GELSTON
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Daniyar Yeleussinov leaves with a more permanent - and gnarly - reminder of his Olympic experience than a gold medal. Yeleussinov suffered a cut so...
Interview with Biles, Raisman is must-cringe TV

By DAVID BAUDER
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Bob Costas' studio interview with American gymnasts Simone Biles and Aly Raisman following their gold and silver-medal winning floor routines was cringe-...
Irish Olympic executive arrested in ticket scheme

By ADRIANA GOMEZ LICON and STEPHEN WILSON
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A senior Olympic executive from Ireland was arrested and taken to the hospital Wednesday after police raided his beachfront hotel as part of an inv...
Column: The 11 a.m. news follies one of best shows in Rio

By TIM DAHLBERG
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The daily Olympic briefing was already well underway when the first candidate for question of the day came from an Australian journalist. "Is the I...
Germany in the Olympic final after 2-0 victory over Nigeria

The Associated Press
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - SAO PAULO (AP) - Lukas Klosertmann and Nils Peterson scored to send Germany into the Olympic gold-medal match for the first time with a 2-0 semifinal victory over Nigeri...
LeBron says he wishes he was with US team in Rio

By TOM WITHERS
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - LeBron James misses the Olympic stage. The Cleveland superstar, who decided to skip his fourth Olympics after leading the Cavaliers to an NBA title in June, said in an i...
South Korea wins 1st gold of Rio Olympics

By MARIA CHENG
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - South Korea claimed the first taekwondo gold medal of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics on Wednesday, restoring some pride to the country that invented t...
USA Gymnastics primed for more success after Karolyi

By WILL GRAVES
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Martha Karolyi doesn't know who will replace her as national team coordinator for USA Gymnastics when she officially steps down later this month. S...
Chinese swimmer breaks taboo about 'that time of the month'

By DIDI TANG
Aug 17, 2016 7:00 am - Who knew a simple statement about "that time of the month" could cause such a stir? A Chinese Olympic swimmer whose popularity soared during the Rio Games for her animat...

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