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David Rudisha retains Olympic title in 800, cements legacy

By GERALD IMRAY
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - David Rudisha glanced to his left twice as he came round the final bend, waiting for the challenge to come. It didn't. He didn't let it. The world-...
An Olympic message to the Brazilian Bob Costas: Shut it!

By MAURICIO SAVARESE
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - When a BBC announcer suggested that a Brazilian broadcaster needed to shut up at the start of a swimming race at the Rio Olympics, he was voicing t...
Doda going for gold in the place where it all started

By DANIELLA MATAR
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazilian show jumper Alvaro Doda de Miranda has extra motivation to succeed at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The Olympic Equestrian Center is on mi...
Klishina relieved to compete, qualify for Olympic final

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Russia's one-woman track and field team qualified for the long jump final. Darya Klishina, the only person from her country allowed to compete in t...
Miller's head-first dive at the finish line beats Felix

By EDDIE PELLS
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - For beating Allyson Felix, Shaunae Miller gets a gold medal. Maybe they should give her a cape, too. It took a head-first dive, Superwoman-style, f...
The Lopez family still pursuing Olympic taekwondo quests

By TIM REYNOLDS
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The key to the men's 80-kilogram taekwondo competition at the Rio Games may be Liliana Marie Rogowski. She's 1, and isn't exactly competitive yet. ...
Phelps, Ledecky, Biles grace Sports Illustrated cover

The Associated Press
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - American gold medal winners Michael Phelps, Katie Ledecky and Simone Biles are featured on the cover of this week's Sports Illustrated. The magazin...
Braz da Silva beats Lavillenie, wins Olympic gold for Brazil

By RAF CASERT
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Thiago Braz da Silva's surprising pole vault victory ensured Brazil's first gold medal in the Olympic Stadium, sparking euphoric celebrations. It a...
Special summer: USA's Irving could win NBA title, Rio gold

By TOM WITHERS
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - When he wakes up in the morning, Kyrie Irving first looks at the scar stretching across his left knee, an enduring symbol of his journey over the p...
'Missing Kidney' wins Brazil's first canoeing medal

By KARL RITTER
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - He was scalded at 3, kidnapped two years later, and lost a kidney when he fell from a tree at 10. To say Isaquias Queiroz had a rough start in life...

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