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Dutch gymnast Van Gelder loses bid for Olympic reinstatement

By MIKE CORDER
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - ARNHEM, Netherlands (AP) - Gymnast Yuri van Gelder lost his legal battle Friday to rejoin the Dutch Olympic team in Rio in time to compete in the rings final on Monday. ...
Uber driver to watch son at Olympics, thanks to passenger

By DAKE KANG
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A chance ride, an hourlong conversation, and the generosity of strangers are making it possible for a Philadelphia Uber driver to go to Rio to see hi...
Olympic glory out of reach for Russian swimmers

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - For Russia's swimmers, the Olympics is all about what might have been. Their haul of two silver and two bronze medals so far continues a 20-year wa...
Swimmer Chen Xinyi of China tests positive at Rio Olympics

The Associated Press
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - A female Chinese swimmer has tested positive for a banned substance at the Rio Olympics, China's swimming association said Friday - the first compe...
Day 7 of Rio Olympics: Death, doping and disrespect

By ARNIE STAPLETON
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - No gold for Hope Solo, but plenty of bitterness. And a big scare for the U.S. men's basketball team. The United States women's soccer team was elim...
Olympics open up new world for refugee runner

By EDDIE PELLS
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - He's had no home for most of his life. Yet in a cavernous, mostly-empty stadium in Brazil, a world away from where he came from, Yiech Pur Biel fel...
Who's more excited: Michael Phelps or Rowdy Gaines?

By DAVID BAUDER
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Rowdy Gaines clearly had much to say as Michael Phelps turned the race for his 22nd Olympic gold medal into a rout on Thursday. We're just not sure what ...
Bomb squads, stray bullets: Incidents unnerve some in Rio

By JOSHUA GOODMAN and PETER PRENGAMAN
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The bomb squad rushed past crowds on Copacabana Beach to investigate a backpack abandoned near Rio's ritziest hotel. Despite the potential for dang...
US boxing medal drought ends with Nico Hernandez's bronze

By DAN GELSTON
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - Nico Hernandez had a gnarly gash over his left eye that left him bloodied, with blurred vision and in need of stitches. He has a better look in min...
Ellison overcomes himself to win archery bronze

By KAREEM COPELAND
Aug 12, 2016 7:00 am - RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) - The biggest battle Brady Ellison had to win Friday was the one going on inside his head. The American was one arrow away from the gold medal round ...

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