The United States is bringing 555 athletes to Rio and expects to top the medals chart as it did in London four years ago.
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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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As Michael Phelps heads to fifth Olympics, the joy has returned
The 18-time gold medal winner has come a long way since the 2012 Olympics, in swimming and with his family and life.
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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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Australian athletes cope with thefts, fire in Rio’s Olympic Village
When 100 athletes and staff members are forced to evacuate their building, two laptops and team shirts are stolen.
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Sailor with Maine ties embarks on Rio quest
David Hughes, a graduate of Yarmouth High and USM, will race in a two-man dinghy as a first-time Olympics competitor.
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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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Olympics notebook: Top tennis doubles team withdraws
Bob and Mike Bryan, the 2012 gold medalists in men’s doubles, join the list of tennis players not going to Rio.
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The Games are ready but Rio de Janeiro? Not so much
A long list of problems may overshadow the competition, which finally begins this week.
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Bolt confident he can defend his gold medals in Rio
‘I’m not going to lose one of the golds, for sure,’ says Usain Bolt.