Rio 2016 Olympic Games

Rio Torch Relay Day 57: Paruaguaçu Paulista, Marília, Assis & Londrina

On each day of the official Olympic torch relay, carrying the Olympic flame to the Olympic cauldron in Rio de Janeiro,…

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Park Tae Hwan Files Appeal with CAS Against Korean Olympic Committee

Park Tae Hwan filed an appeal against the Korean Olympic Committee with the CAS.

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2016 Olympic Trials Competition Pool Build (VIDEO)

The construction of the pool for the 2016 Olympic Trials took over 10 days and used over 2 million gallons of water.

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Rio Torch Relay Day 56: Nova Andradina, Alvares Machado & Bataguassu

The Olympic torch relay finished up in Mato Grosso do Sul and moved into São Paulo on day 57.

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Bethany Galat Scratches 100 Breaststroke Semi-Finals

Bethany Galat’s 100 breast is the only scratch for tonight’s finals.

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Rio Torch Relay Day 55: Itaporã, Sidrolândia, Rio Brilhante & Dourados

On each day of the official Olympic torch relay, carrying the Olympic flame to the Olympic cauldron in Rio de Janeiro,…

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Ledecky Scratches 400 IM for Olympic Trials (Prelims Heat Sheets)

Katie Ledecky has scratched the 400 IM for tomorrow morning at Olympic Trials. She was the fifth seed, and fourth seed Becca Mann is also out. You can find full heat sheets for Saturday morning prelims here.

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IWF Bans Three Countries From Rio Olympics

The international governing body for weightlifting banned three countries, including Russia, pending the results of positive “B” doping tests from the 2008 and 2012 Olympics.

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Rio Torch Relay Day 54: Campo Grande, Mato Grosso do Sul

The Olympic torch moved into the city of Camp Grande on day 54 of the torch relay.

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FIU Swimmer Receives Botswana Swimming Award

Florida International University swimmer Naomi Ruele was named the Junior Female Sportsperson of the Year by the Botswana National Sports Council on June 6th.

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WADA Suspends Rio Anti-Doping Lab 2 Months Before Olympics

The outlook for doping controls at the 2016 Olympics became even bleaker on Friday.

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Texas’s Joanna Evans Clinches 800 Free Spot on Bahamian Olympic Team

The University of Texas’s Joanna Evans scored her first-ever Olympic berth yesterday with an 800 freestyle win under the FINA ‘A’ cut at the Bahamas’ National Championships

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Watch Them Tear Up The Pool: Re-live All Women’s World Record Races

Re-watch Missy Franklin’s 200 backstroke world record from London to help channel your pre-U.S. Trials excitement.

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Get Pumped For Fast Swimming By Watching All Men’s WR Race Videos

Jason “The Anchor” Lezak helped Team USA soar to a new World Record in the men’s 400 free relay back in 2008.

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Therese Alshammar Qualifies for Historic Sixth Olympics

38-year-old Therese Alshammar of Sweden was selected on June 21 to compete in the 50 free at the upcoming Rio Olympics. Alshammar…

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