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Ryan Lochte, US Swimming and Rio: What’s at stake – CNN International
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Argentina tops Belgium, wins first ever field hockey gold medal – NBC Olympics
Argentina won its first ever field hockey gold medal after topping Belgium 4-2. Within the first three minutes of the match, Belgium’s Tanguy Cosyns got his team an early lead after tipping in a long pass to the circle. However, Argentina went on a three-goal scoring rampage to close out the first two quarters of play. Team captain Pedro Ibarra got the equalizer on a deceptive behind-the-back penalty corner play. Before…
Ryan Lochte, US Swimming and Rio: What’s at stake – CNN International
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Rio Olympics: In Decathlon, Ashton Eaton Is All Alone – New York Times
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Rio 2016 Olympics: US swimmers not robbed – police chief – BBC News
Media captionFootage has been released purportedly showing four US swimmers at a petrol station in Rio Four US Olympic swimmers who said they had been robbed in Rio de Janeiro were not victims of crime, the head of the city’s civil police has said. Fernando Veloso told reporters that one or more of the men had committed an act of vandalism at a petrol station and then offered to pay…
NBC has sucked all of the suspense out of the Olympics – Vox
The more I watch of NBC’s primetime Olympic coverage, the more perplexed I am by how bad it is. As I stated last week, the network’s streaming app is a terrific way to watch the Olympics, and its daytime coverage on both NBC and its various cable networks is solid too. But in the primetime hours, NBC reimagines an athletic competition as an episode of Dateline, and it just…
The Odd Olympics: Did a Fencer Really Compete With a Phone in His Pocket? – New York Times
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A timeline of Ryan Lochte’s claim that he and 3 USA swimming teammates were robbed in Rio – SB Nation
Ryan Lochte won a gold medal at the 2016 Rio Olympics, but he’s gained much more attention at the games for what happened out of the pool. Or at least what he says happened. Lochte claimed he and swimming teammates Gunnar Bentz, Jack Conger and Jimmy Feigen were robbed early in the morning of Aug. 14 in Rio. That is only the start of what has become a bizarre story…
The Olympics Are Always A Disaster For Poor People – Huffington Post
Though the two housing complexes had long been the target of developers, previous efforts to raze Techwood and Clark Howell had failed, due either to a lack of political will or the difficulty of removing the residents. But when Atlanta won its Olympics bid, the desire to showcase the city before hundreds of thousands of athletes, tourists and foreign dignitaries finally greased the wheels for the projects’ demolition. “The Olympics…
Rio Olympics 2016: Usain Bolt reaches men’s 200m final but Justin Gatlin out – BBC News
Media playback is not supported on this device Bolt charges to finish in 200m semi Usain Bolt ran his fastest time of the season to win his Olympic 200m semi-final in 19.78 seconds as Justin Gatlin missed out on a place in the final. Jamaica’s Bolt has already won the 100m and is now aiming for an eighth Olympic gold by retaining his 200m title. But American Gatlin, who won…
Rio Highlights: Brazil, Germany Set For Rematch In Men’s Soccer Final – NPR
i Brazil’s Neymar soars over Honduras’ goalkeeper Luis Lopez as he scores just 15 seconds into their semifinal game on Wednesday in Rio’s Maracana Stadium. Brazil won 6-0 to advance to the gold medal game on Saturday against Germany — the team that knocked Brazil out of the 2014 World Cup with a lopsided victory. Silvia Izquierdo/AP hide caption toggle caption Silvia Izquierdo/AP Brazil’s Neymar soars over Honduras’ goalkeeper Luis…
Did A Current In The Rio Swimming Pool Give Some Swimmers An Unfair Advantage? – Deadspin
Photo credit: Clive Rose/Getty Images Swimming, like most racing sports, is relatively simple. Competitors swim back and forth across a pool, for a set distance, using a set stroke. There are more technical skills needed to succeed in the pool than on the track, but hydrodynamic butterfly entry techniques aside, it’s a straightforward sport, and determining the hierarchy in a given event is a matter of putting everyone in a…
Olympics|Rio Olympics: US Basketball, Swimmers Detained, and the Women’s 200 – New York Times
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Rio Olympics Today: Brazilians Bounce Back; Scrutiny for Ryan Lochte – New York Times
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For US Olympians, gold medals come with a hefty tax bill – BBC News
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Simone Biles tax bill for he Olympic victories could be over $40,000 She has flipped, tumbled and leapt her way into the hearts of millions over the course of the Olympic games. But when Simone Biles returns home she will be in for not just a major celebration but also a hefty tax bill. The 19-year-old has won five Olympic medals – four gold…
Rio Olympics: Ranking the seven US men’s basketball teams of Dream Team era – CBSSports.com
Team USA has not impressed anyone in Rio. As they enter quarterfinal play, this year’s group has a plus-117 point differential, which is more than 70 points behind the 2012 team’s mark. Australia bullied them for more than a half. They barely survived Serbia and France, and all this in a year that was considered down for the rest of the world. Even with many superstars absent due to rest,…
Rio 2016: Five biggest events to watch at the Olympics on Wednesday – USA TODAY
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Were Team GB’s cycling rivals right to question their Olympic success? – The Guardian
Success inevitably leads to questions from disappointed rivals but, among the queries directed at Team GB’s cyclists after an Olympic Games where every member of the team won a medal, Australia’s Anna Meares has raised a valid point. “How do they lift so much when in so many events they have not even been in contention in the world championships?” The keirin bronze medallist clarified afterwards that she was not…
Rio 2016 Olympics: Mo Farah advances, decathlon and women’s golf – live! – The Guardian
9.48am EDT09:48 Butchart, who has some of the whitest teeth I have ever seen, finishing in fifth to qualify automatically for the final. Great run in 33C heat from the 24-year-old Scot, who was the pacemaker in that heat and was only overcome by the front four in the home straight. The USA’s Paul Kipkemoi Chelimo finished first, Ethiopia’s Muktar Edris second, Ethiopia’s Dejen Gebremeskel third, Bahrain’s Birhanu Balew fourth,…
Why Brazilians can’t help booing anything and everyone at the Olympics – Quartz
Rio de Janeiro It didn’t take long for the Brazilians to rewrite the norms of Olympic fandom. The list of Olympic participants targeted by Brazilian boos is long and varied: Russians, due to its doping scandal; Spaniards, as symbols of Latin American colonialism; a tennis ball boy who had butterfingers; favorites—like the poor Romanian women’s handball team—when they played the underdogs; and, of course, anyone from Brazil’s historic rival Argentina,…
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