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Rio de Janeiro (dpa) - A diving pool that had been giving organizers at the Rio Olympics a headache for days because of its unusual green colour was shut down Friday, with athletes reporting a bad odour at the competition site.German diver Stephan Feck posted on his Facebook account a photo of himself near the pool, holding his nose shut, with the caption:
Rio de Janeiro (dpa) - Switzerland‘s Fabian Cancellara stormed to a second Olympic gold in the men‘s road cycling time trial while veteran American Kristin Armstrong won the event a third time on the women‘s side on a wet Wednesday at the Rio Olympics.The 2008 winner and four-time world champion Cancellara clocked 1 hour 12 minutes 15.42 seconds on a wet morning over the 54.
Rio de Janeiro (dpa) - Olympic discus throw champion Robert Harting will not be the subject of a gagging order from German officials at the Rio Games after last week‘s harsh criticism of Olympic supremo Thomas Bach, the team said on Wednesday.
Rio de Janeiro (dpa) - Judoka Beslan Mudranov on Saturday gave Russia its first gold medal at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after the nation escaped a doping-related blanket ban from the Games, predicting that more would come.The two-time European champion Mudranov, 30, beat Kazakhstan‘s Yeldos Smetos with a golden score Waza-Ri in judo‘s 60-kilogram event.
Rio de Janeiro (dpa) - The anti-doping system in sport is currently broken and in need of a radical overhaul, the chairman of the US Olympic Committee (USOC) Larry Probst reiterated ahead of the opening of the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro on Friday.