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SPOILER ALERT: Biles, Needham’s Aly Raisman compete in women’s all-around
SPOILER ALERT – RESULTS POSTED BELOW RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Forget the pressure. Forget the hype. Simone Biles is immune to all of it. Dynamic on vault. Effortless on beam. Jaw-dropping on floor....
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Rio Games: Team USA’s biggest moments of Week 1
More than 500 members strong, Team USA headed into Rio ready for success. Here are some of their best and worst moments from the games so far. RIO GAMES: Headlines, Video, Medal Count Rio 2016: Team...
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Rio Recap: Americans continue dominance in Olympic pool
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Michael Phelps and Simone Biles powered their way to more gold medals with rousing routs at the Rio Games on Thursday. Sauntering to the sounds of Latin music befitting the...
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Michael Phelps gets another gold, but says it is the last
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Standing atop the medal podium for the 23rd time, Michael Phelps teared up, bit his lip and gave a little nod. This was how he really wanted to go out. On top of his game in the...
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U.S. Olympic swimmers robbed at gunpoint in Rio
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The U.S. Olympic Committee says Ryan Lochte and three other American swimmers were robbed by armed men who stopped their taxi. USOC spokesman Patrick Sandusky says Lochte and the...
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Louisa Chafee, Bora Gulari place 3rd Sunday, surge to 9th overall
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (WPRI) – Rhode Island native and Olympic sailing athlete Louisa Chafee is in the race to medal in Rio. The U.S. Nacra 17 sailing team of Louisa Chafee and Bora Gulari rallied on...
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Cranston gymnastics center seeing growth during Summer Games
CRANSTON, R.I. (WPRI) — Plenty of people will be taking advantage of Dream Big Elite Training Center in Cranston now that Summer Games fever has set in. Coach Shannon Hughey Cornicelli said their...
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Rio Recap: Monday first Olympic day without American Gold since 2008
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Americans were denied a gold medal Monday for the first time since the 2008 Beijing Olympics, and it took two big stumbles to keep the “Star Spangled Banner” on pause. One of...
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Chafee finishes 4th in Olympic sailing event
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL (WPRI) – Rhode Island native Louisa Chafee and her partner Bora Gulari just missed out on a medal at the Summer Olympics. The pair took fourth place in Tuesday’s Nacra 17 medal...
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Rio Recap: Biles wins more gold
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 in his favorite race. Bolt...
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Rio Games: The best photos so far
Olympics 2016: The best photos from the Rio so far Jamaica's Usain Bolt celebrates with the gold medal after winning the men's 100-meter final during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer...
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Father: Lochte back in US; Rio judge orders passports held
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The father of American swimmer Ryan Lochte said Wednesday his gold medal-winning son arrived back in the United States before a Brazilian judge ordered that Lochte and U.S....
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Lochte’s swim teammates to meet with authorities on robbery
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Three American Olympic swimmers planned to meet with Brazilian law enforcement Thursday to discuss a reported robbery targeting 12-time medalist Ryan Lochte and his teammates, a...
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Brazil police official: Lochte made up story about robbery
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A Brazilian police official told The Associated Press that American swimmer Ryan Lochte fabricated a story about being robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro. The official, who has...
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2 US swimmers leave Rio after robbery scandal; 3rd pays fine
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP/WPRI) — Two American Olympic swimmers were on their way home Friday after being pulled off a plane a day earlier to testify about an alleged robbery at the Rio Olympics that...
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Rio Recap: Bolt grabs another gold, while Lochte saga envelops Olympics
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Usain Bolt and Ryan Lochte commanded the Olympic spotlight Thursday for drastically different reasons. Bolt completed an unprecedented third consecutive sweep of the 100- and...
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Bolt gets gold No. 9 with another runaway win
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Usain Bolt kneeled down and gave the track one final kiss, then flattened his hand, reached to the ground and slapped the white number “3” painted at the finish line. Three...
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Felix, Merritt help bring US medal total to 31 in track
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Allyson Felix and LaShawn Merritt are savvy track stars who’ve been around long enough to know that not everything always goes to plan. Over the final 30 minutes of Saturday’s...
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Olympics 2016: Team USA’s best moments
Olympics 2016: Team USA’s best moments United States' Sam Kendricks poses with the U.S. flag after winning the bronze medal in the men's pole vault final during the athletics competitions of the 2016...
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Samba, reflections and pride in final Rio Olympics party
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Shaking to samba and expressing a sense of longing with uniquely Brazilian words, Olympians and fans said goodbye to the Rio Games with one last big bash that was both revelatory...
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