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The Austrian rider was considered a novice compared to her competitors, notably defending champion Anna

While Mol’s mother and father are former volleyball and beach volleyball champions — Sørum’s parents

It stands for the Russian Olympic Committee, and it’s essentially a loophole that allows Russian

The 30-year-old set an Olympic record, lifting a combined weight of 224 kilograms, to clinch

American swimmer Lydia Jacoby competes in the 100m breastroke final on July 27. (Oli Scarff/AFP/Getty

Japan’s Aori Nishimura competes during the street prelims on July 26. (Patrick Smith/Getty Images) The

World No. 1 Novak Djokovic described the humidity as “brutal” after beating Bolivian Hugo Dellien

Two days after lighting the cauldron at the Opening Ceremony — a moment she called

That’s what you do when you think you’ve won Olympic gold — except she hadn’t.

Kimia Alizadeh beat Team Great Britain’s Jones 16-12 on Sunday in the women’s -57kg taekwondo