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Winds cause garbage fire to spread and reportedly threaten Olympic mountain biking course
A controlled garbage fire spread after high winds picked up.
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Simone Biles wins floor exercise for fourth gold medal of 2016 Olympics
Simone Biles and Aly Raisman went 1-2 in the women’s floor exercise. RIO DE JANEIRO – America’s Olympic golden girl finished the gymnastics competition as she should, winning another Olympic gold medal.
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Olympics Medal Totals 2016: USA’s, China’s, Japan’s Gold, Overall Medal Counts In Rio
The United States won five more gold in Rio Thursday, but the Chinese are still within striking distance.
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Anthony Ervin, 35, wins 50-meter freestyle gold in stunning fashion
Anthony Ervin won his second gold in the 50-meter freestyle on Friday. Anthony Ervin, the oldest man to swim for the United States at the Olympics in more than a century, earned a gold medal in the Rio Games’ 50-meter freestyle race Friday night. France
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Katie Ledecky sets world record in 800 freestyle, wins fourth gold medal
Katie Ledecky completed her Olympic freestyle tour de force Friday night with another annihilation of the field, and another world record in the 800-meter free. Ledecky, the defending champion in the event that first put her on the international radar, re
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Michael Phelps wins yet another Olympic gold medal in 200-meter IM
Michael Phelps bested rival and friend Ryan Lochte one last time Thursday. RIO DE JANEIRO – For the fourth consecutive and final time, Michael Phelps won Olympic gold in the 200-meter individual medley. The two men had dominated the event for 12 years i
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Katie Ledecky continues to crush the Olympics
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Why Michael Phelps' latest Olympic masterpiece may have been his most impressive yet
At the end of one of the best nights of the best Olympic career ever, Michael Phelps literally ran off an interview podium in bare feet with a white towel wrapped around his waist, three containers of food in his hands. What had just transpired was the N
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Katie Ledecky wins close, thrilling 200m freestyle to take home gold - CBSSports.com
Ledecky gave us an exciting finish as she barely picked up her third medal
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2016 Rio Olympics: Serena Williams upset by Ukranian Elina Svitolina in straight sets - CBSSports.com
The world No. 1 exits the Olympics early
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Michael Phelps dusts rival to win 200 butterfly for second gold of Rio Games
RIO DE JANEIRO – Michael Phelps regained his Olympic 200-meter butterfly title Tuesday night by beating the man who took it away from him four years earlier.
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Dominant U.S. captures gold in historic win
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41-year-old Oksana Chusovitina may be the most incredible athlete at the Olympics
Competing in a record seventh Olympics, Oksana Chusovitina's son is the same age as many of her competitors. And in Rio, she'll attempt one of the hardest vaults ever done by a female gymnast.
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Katie Ledecky shatters 400 freestyle world record, nabs first U.S. swimming gold
United States’ gold medal winner Katie Ledecky celebrates during the medal ceremony after setting a new world record in the women’s 400-meter freestyle final during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 8, 2016, in Rio de
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2016 Rio Olympics: Simone Biles, Aly Raisman reach gymnastics all-around final
Gabby Douglas' bid to repeat as all-around champion is over
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Michael Phelps gets 19th gold medal as U.S. wins 4x100 freestyle relay
Full Coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympics on Yahoo Sports. Get the schedule, medal count and the latest results.
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Rio 2016 gold medal winners: Day 1
Full Coverage of the Rio 2016 Olympics on Yahoo Sports. Get the schedule, medal count and the latest results.
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'Iron Lady' Katinka Hosszu shatters world record in 400 IM, American Maya DiRado takes second
The “Iron Lady” now owns some precious metal. Four years after missing the medal podium entirely in a bitterly disappointing London Olympics, Hungarian star Katinka Hosszu opened a redemptive Rio Games by dominating the 400-meter individual medley and
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Keep Your Mouth Closed: Aquatic Olympians Face a Toxic Stew in Rio
Sewage and trash continue to flow untreated into Rio de Janeiro’s waters, and recent tests found pathogens including rotaviruses and drug-resistant “superbacteria.”
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Australia boycott Rio athletes village, 'not safe, not ready'
The Australian Olympic team will not move into the athletes village in Rio after it was condemned as "not safe or ready" by the country's chef de mission on Sunday. Team chief Kitty Chiller said problems include blocked toilets, leaking pipes, e
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2016 Rio Olympics: Top star Jordan Spieth explains withdrawl from U.S. team
Jordan Spieth will not join Rickie Fowler, Patrick Reed and others in Rio
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Golfers opting out of Rio Olympics is about more than Zika
Golf will be an Olympic sport this summer for the first time in 112 years—but not if there are no golfers to compete. Pro golfers are rapidly dropping out of the Summer Games in Rio, set to begin in August.
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Body parts wash ashore next to Rio Olympic venue - Yahoo Sports
From Yahoo Sports: Parts of a mutilated body washed up on the sands of Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, police said, just meters (yards) from where beach volleyball athletes will compete in the upcoming Olympics. The discovery, first repor
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Global doping agency suspends Rio lab weeks before Olympics
By Pedro Fonseca RIO DE JANEIRO (Reuters) - The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has suspended the credentials of a testing laboratory in Rio de Janeiro for failing to comply with international standards, just over a month before the city hosts the Olympic
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Amazon jaguar shot dead after Olympic torch ceremony - Yahoo Sports
From Yahoo Sports: A jaguar featured at an Olympic torch ceremony was shot dead by a soldier shortly after the event in the Brazilian Amazon city of Manaus as the animal escaped from its handlers, an army statement said. The jaguar was killed on Monday at
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Russian track athletes banned from 2016 Rio Olympics due to doping violations - CBSSports.com
Track and field team from the world power will be absent from Rio; IOC could ban entire delegation
