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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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German sailor gets sick after Rio regatta - US News

FRANKFURT, Germany (AP) — A German sailor has fallen ill and is getting daily hospital treatment for several skin infections after competing in polluted water at a test event for next year's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.