Olympics
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Jamaican Campbell-Brown bows out in 1st round of 200 in Rio
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Highly decorated Jamaican sprinter Veronica Campbell-Brown will see a 200-meter Olympic final from a peculiar spot - the sideline. The two-time Oly...
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Big shot: Brazil's Schmidt changed Olympic basketball
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - That's him, the man who changed international basketball. He's the one who single-handedly beat the United States on its own soil nearly 30 years a...
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Dutch down Argentina to keep field hockey 3-peat alive
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The Netherlands survived its toughest test yet in Olympic women's field hockey when it edged No. 2-ranked Argentina 3-2 on Monday to push its gold ...
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IOC steps up security to prevent Sochi-style manipulation
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - From a battery of surveillance cameras to extra security guards, Olympic officials have taken a series of measures inside Rio's doping lab to preve...
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Olympic-goers get an eyeful of Rio's beauty-consumed culture
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Each morning, 75-year-old Jose Rebamar works his biceps, triceps and quadriceps with stone weights at an outside gym that looks out on Rio de Janei...
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Russia's Klishina wins appeal, can compete at Rio Olympics
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The lone Russian track and field athlete at the Olympics has won her appeal to compete at the Rio de Janeiro Games. The Court of Arbitration for Sp...
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Stepanova: If something happens to us, it's not an accident
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The runner who blew the whistle on the doping scandal in Russia fears for her safety and has switched residences after hackers breached a database ...
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Some Olympic athletes find grass is greener far from home
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - For Sale: One elite athlete, lightly used. Will swap citizenship, move to your country and even marry to compete for your Olympic team if the price...
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Rio holds its breath, then winds roar across Olympic courses
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The Olympic wind gods held their breath, and then exhaled all at once. First there was too little wind, and then too much. Almost as if someone had...
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US teen advances in Olympic 400 hurdles despite cold, nerves
Aug 15, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The American teenager was talking as if her time in Rio was done - the competition was just too intimidating, the Olympic atmosphere was too overwh...