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Jorgensen's journey included chance meeting in Milwaukee

By ARNIE STAPLETON
Aug 18, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Even before he dismounted his bike on that snowy Minnesota morning three years ago to ask Gwen Jorgensen if she'd be his wife, Patrick Lemieux issu...
Taekwondo grudge match could be settled at Rio Olympics

By MARIA CHENG
Aug 18, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - It's a bitter grudge that has lasted for years: Aaron Cook vs. Britain. Born and raised in the U.K., Cook is now a citizen of Moldova and will be f...
Isinbayeva secures Olympic role while barred from competing

By ROB HARRIS
Aug 18, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Barred from competing in Rio de Janeiro, Yelena Isinbayeva was elected as an athletes' representative on the International Olympic Committee on Thu...
Indian wrestler Yadav ejected from Olympics, gets doping ban

The Associated Press
Aug 18, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Indian wrestler Narsingh Yadav has become the latest athlete to be removed from the Rio Olympics over doping after the Court of Arbitration for Spo...
Brazilian police say Lochte, US swimmers were not robbed

By MAURICIO SAVARESE, PETER PRENGAMAN and LUIS ANDRES HENAO
Aug 18, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Brazilian police said Thursday that swimmer Ryan Lochte and three U.S. teammates were not robbed after a night of partying, and the intoxicated ath...
Defending Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones keeps title

By MARIA CHENG
Aug 18, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Britain's defending Olympic taekwondo champion Jade Jones has hung onto her title after defeating Spain's Eva Calvo Gomez in the final of the women...
Eaton defends his decathlon title, equals the Olympic record

By RAF CASERT
Aug 18, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Deep in the second day of the decathlon, a rare hint of vulnerability from Ashton Eaton gave his rivals an unlikely glimmer of hope. The man known ...
China finishes 1-2 in women's Olympic platform diving

By PAUL NEWBERRY
Aug 18, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - China has its next diving superstar. Actually, two of them. Fifteen-year-old Ren Qian captured another diving gold medal for China on Thursday, pro...
Julio Cesar La Cruz wins Cuba's 1st light heavyweight gold

By DAN GELSTON
Aug 18, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Julio Cesar La Cruz saluted the small Cuban section that came to watch him box for gold, then kissed the stand before he stepped up to accept his m...
Serbia to play Croatia for Olympic gold

By JAY COHEN
Aug 18, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Serbia's rough start to the Olympics seems like a long time ago now. Filip Filipovic and company are headed to the men's water polo final, and they...

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