Olympics
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Russia synchronized swimming duo continues Olympic streak
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - No one can stop Russia's mermaids. That much was clear as soon as Natalia Ishchenko and Svetlana Romashina finished the synchronized swimming duet ...
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Olympic medals, and memories, last a lifetime
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The moment felt as historic as it gets in women's golf. Stacy Lewis won the Women's British Open at St. Andrews with a birdie-birdie finish, the la...
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China is golden again, wins 5th diving gold of Rio Olympics
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - China is golden again, winning its fifth diving title of the Rio Olympics. Cao Yuan led throughout to win men's 3-meter springboard with 547.60 poi...
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Argentina reach 1st men's field hockey final beating champs
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Argentina is in another Olympic field hockey final. It's just not the team their deliriously happy compatriots thought would be playing for a gold ...
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Four on the floor for Simone Biles; Bolt coasts in 200 heat
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Simone Biles closed her Rio Games with more gymnastics gold. Usain Bolt breezed through another sprint as he makes a run at one final Olympic title...
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Green and golden? Australia men's hoop team eyeing Rio gold
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - There's one team that has lived up to high expectations - even surpassed them - at the Rio Games in men's basketball. It's the one with a roster lo...
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Newly retired Michael Phelps is on Boomer time with son
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - He sat quietly, eyes closed, dozing in the shade on a warm afternoon at a beach hotel patio near Barra Olympic Park. It had been an exhausting firs...
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Rio organizers acknowledge 'dropping the ball' on planning
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Once the self-styled "Olympic family" started grumbling, Rio de Janeiro organizers knew they had to make rapid improvements. "You need to provide g...
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2-time defending Olympic champion Brazil falls to China in 5
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Faces buried in hands and tears falling, the Brazilian women's volleyball team lost to China in a five-set quarterfinal match on Tuesday. It was an...
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Sometimes it's harder work when things don't go right
Aug 16, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Michael Phelps and Katie Ledecky made it look easy. But not every Olympic favorite wins, and sometimes the difference is as small as an opponent's lunge,...