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PublishedAugust 7, 2016
Entire Russian team banned from competing in Rio Paralympics
The ban is punishment for the country running a doping operation that went on for years.
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PublishedAugust 2, 2016
An unlikely Olympic start for U.S. woman running for Saudi team
Shocked in 2012 when asked to run the 800 for her father's Saudi Arabia, Sarah Attar is back to run her preferred race – the marathon.
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PublishedAugust 1, 2016
Study shows waterways at Olympic Games remain highly contaminated
Athletes competing in sports such as rowing and sailing – including two with ties to Maine – risk exposure to dangerous viruses and bacteria from raw sewage and other pollutants in the waters near Rio de Janeiro.
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PublishedJuly 31, 2016
Ellie Logan’s passion for rowing has turned into Olympic gold
The Boothbay Harbor native is trying to win a third gold medal in rowing – something that has never been done on a U.S. team before.
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PublishedJuly 21, 2016
Brazil falls well short of the green medal
As the Rio area grew, the sanitation infrastructure didn't, fouling waterways critical to the Summer Games.
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PublishedJuly 19, 2016
Poll finds nearly 2 of 3 Brazilians think Olympics doing more harm than good
The popularity of the Games has dropped dramatically as Brazil weathers a two-year-long recession, and unemployment and inflation shoot up.
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PublishedJuly 11, 2016
Olympic Notebook: Spieth the latest star golfer to withdraw from Olympics
Spieth announced the decision while practicing for the British Open.
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PublishedJune 28, 2016
Day, Lowry say Zika fears will keep them out of Rio Olympics
Rory McIlroy, a four-time major champion, has also pulled out of the golf competition.
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PublishedJune 24, 2016
Testing of athletes at Rio’s anti-doping laboratory suspended
The suspension is an embarrassment to Brazil, coming so close to the Summer Games, which open Aug. 5.
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PublishedMay 28, 2016
World Health Organization says Zika virus no reason to relocate Rio Olympics
Health experts had written an open letter to U.N. agency asking that the games be postponed or moved.
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