Southwest Ohio gets rowing specific Paralympic Sport Club
HAMILTON, Ohio - A southwestern Ohio rowing center is now one of only 28 venues in the country that has a rowing-specific Paralympic Sport Club.
View ArticleSwimmers sickened after Rio race worry about 2016 Olympics
Reports of dangerously high levels of viruses and bacteria in Rio de Janeiro's waters have raised - and renewed - fears that athletes are at risk of getting sick at next summer's Olympics.
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IOC rules out viral testing of Rio's Olympic waters
RIO DE JANEIRO - The International Olympic Committee ruled out conducting viral tests of Rio de Janeiro's sewage-laden waterways ahead of the 2016 games, a top official said Wednesday, despite an...
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Luczak of US wins 3rd career gold at rowing worlds
AIGUEBELETTE, France - Grace Luczak earned a third career gold medal at the world rowing championships as the American women's four powered to victory on Friday.
View ArticleOklahoma tobacco endowment eyed to fund teacher pay raise
OKLAHOMA CITY - Fifteen years after Oklahoma voters created an endowed trust for programs that discourage tobacco use and promote healthy lifestyles, a state lawmaker wants to use the fund to finance...
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US teams look for future Paralympians at scouting combines
BOSTON - Two years after losing his lower leg in a car crash, Matthew Freitas is faster and stronger than ever.
View ArticleBuilding boats: Workshop instills life skills in students
NORFOLK, Virginia - Retired Marine Tom Brandl stood on the shore of the Elizabeth River rallying his troops.
View ArticleUS Olympians to visit Boston, where 2024 bid crumbled
BOSTON - More than two months after Boston's bid for the 2024 Olympics collapsed under the weight of fierce public opposition, the United States Olympic Committee is returning to the city with a much...
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Driver fled traffic stop before crash with rowing team bus
BETHLEHEM, Pennsylvania - The driver of a car that collided with a bus carrying a university rowing team had fled the scene of a traffic stop less than a mile away before the crash, police said Wednesday.
View ArticleNew Canadian Olympic Committee chief: ex-rower Tricia Smith
MONTREAL - Olympic medalist rower and lawyer Tricia Smith has been voted president of the Canadian Olympic Committee.
View ArticleStudents from Pittsburgh, Philadelphia named Rhodes scholars
Students from each end of Pennsylvania are among those selected as Rhodes scholars to pursue post-graduate studies at Oxford University.
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Rhodes scholars for Class of 2016 announced
WASHINGTON - The 32 American men and women chosen as Rhodes scholars include a member of the U.S. National Rowing Team, an Alzheimer's disease social activist and a Harvard University student who holds...
View ArticleWashington fires Bob Ernst as women's rowing coach
SEATTLE - Washington has fired women's rowing coach Bob Ernst after 42 years in a variety of roles with the Huskies rowing program.
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Olympic, global health officials flip-flop over viral tests
RIO DE JANEIRO - Since The Associated Press first reported on contamination of Rio de Janeiro's Olympic waterways, Olympic officials and the World Health Organization have changed their minds...
View ArticleTennessee man prepares to row across Atlantic
NASHVILLE, Tennessee - A Tennessee man is preparing to put his endurance to an ultimate challenge by trying to row a boat across the Atlantic Ocean.
View ArticleCuban national rowing teams to highlight 30th Windermere Cup
SEATTLE - The Cuban men's and women's national rowing teams will highlight the 30th Windermere Cup regatta to be held on Lake Washington in May.
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Rio de Janeiro Olympics facing deep cuts unseen in decades
RIO DE JANEIRO - Cuts, cuts and more cuts.
View ArticleFormer rowing world champion Abbagnale faces doping ban
ROME - Former rowing world champion Vincenzo Abbagnale is facing a doping suspension after missing three surprise tests.
View Article4 UK rowers rescued from Atlantic after boat capsizes
LONDON - Four British women trying to cross the Atlantic in a rowing boat have been rescued after they were stranded in the mid-Atlantic Ocean for more than 16 hours when their boat capsized and they...
View ArticleRio 2016 scraps specific seat tickets in several venues
RIO DE JANEIRO - Organizers of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics have decided to scrap assigned seat tickets in certain sections at some sports and venues, including the main stadium.
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