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Russian canoeists get ban for doping program
Three Russian canoeists including a gold medalist at the 2012 London Olympics were banned on Friday for being part of the state-backed doping program eight years ago.
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Olympic Sports
Fox's fairytale: Jess' Hollywood story which ended with Olympic gold
Slalom canoeist Jess Fox had the weight of a nation on her shoulders and delivered on the biggest stage. But her Hollywood ending wasn't without ups and downs - and some help from family, she tells Matt Walsh.
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How paddlers Green and van der Westhuyzen triumphed over trauma and loss
Tom Green and Jean van der Westhuyzen became overnight heroes in Australia when they claimed a shock gold medal in Tokyo. However, both have had to overcome adversity on their way to the top.
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Rauhe makes history with Germany kayak gold
Germany won the men's kayak four 500 meters to make Ronald Rauhe the first man to medal in canoe sprint in five Olympic Games.
Olympic Sports
Harrison wins first Olympic women's canoe 200
Nevin Harrison became the first American woman to win a canoe sprint gold medal, and the first to win any kind of medal since 1964, by taking the 200 sprint race at the Tokyo Games.
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NZ's Carrington wins 2 kayak golds on same day
Lisa Carrington of New Zealand won two gold medals with a pair of easy victories in kayak sprint races Wednesday, and Cuba won a surprise gold in the men's canoe double 1,000 at the Sea Forest Waterway.
Olympic Sports
Australia's Fox wins first women's canoe slalom
Australia's Jessica Fox made Olympic history Thursday as the first gold medalist in women's canoe slalom at the Tokyo Games.
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Aussie Fox makes history winning C1 gold
Australian slalom star Jessica Fox has won the first C1 Olympic gold medal on offer, storming to victory in Toyko.
Summer Olympics
Heartbreak for Fox, misses K1 canoe gold
Australian Jessica Fox has been forced to settle for another canoe slalom Olympic bronze medal after faltering in the women's K1 final in Tokyo.
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Slovenia's Savsek takes canoe slalom gold
Slovenia's Benjamin Savsek won the men's canoe slalom ahead of the Czech Republic's Lukas Rohan and Germany's Sideris Tasiadis on Monday.
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Jessica Fox fires in first Tokyo race
Jessica Fox has laid down a promising marker at the Tokyo Olympics, finishing second in the opening run of the women's kayak slalom heats.
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Beach volleyball, climbing added to Euro champs
Organizers of the 2022 European Championships on Thursday added four sports -- beach volleyball, canoe sprint, sport climbing and table tennis -- to the program for the games in Munich.
Canoe - Sprint
Canoeist wins doping case, citing partner's fluids
A world champion canoeist won a doping case Monday after persuading a tribunal that her positive test was caused by bodily fluid contamination from her boyfriend.
Canoe - Slalom
The moves Jess Fox loves to hate
Australian 2018 Canoe Slalom World Cup Champion Jess Fox puts in the hard yards during her training program. Vision thanks to Red Bull.
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Olympic Sports
Kayaker banned 8 years for lacing rival's drink
A top Japanese kayaker has been banned for eight years, disqualifying him from the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, for lacing his rival's drink with a prohibited drug that caused the rival to fail a doping test.
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7-year-old girl finds stolen Olympic gold in trash
A 1992 Olympic champion is thanking a 7-year-old Atlanta girl who found his gold medal in a pile of trash weeks after it got stolen.
Olympic Sports
German Olympic coach dies after Rio car crash
German canoe slalom coach Stefan Henze died Monday after suffering head injuries last week in a car crash in Rio de Janeiro.
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What did Florence change between the C1 and C2 races?
David Florence and Richard Hounslow reflect on their silver in the C2 canoeing.
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Olympic Sports
Aussies in Action Rio 2016
When are the Australian athletes competing in Rio de Janeiro?
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WHO rejects call to cancel Rio Games over Zika
The WHO maintains that despite the increased number of infections because of the Zika outbreak, there is "no public health justification" for calling off the Rio Games.
Olympic Sports
At least 85 Russians barred from Rio over doping
At least 85 Russian athletes have so far been barred from the Rio Games in connection with the country's doping scandal.
Medal Tracker
Overall Medal Leaders
- 113
USA - 88
CHN - 71
ROC
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
 USA | 39 |
 CHN | 38 |
 JPN | 27 |
Silver
| USA | 41 |
| CHN | 32 |
 ROC | 28 |
Bronze
| USA | 33 |
| ROC | 23 |
 GBR | 22 |
Overall Medal Leaders
- 7
McKeon - 5Dressel
- 4McKeown
Individual Medal Leaders
Gold
| Dressel | 5 |
 McKeon | 4 |
| McKeown | 3 |
Silver
| Scott | 3 |
| Ledecky | 2 |
| Yufei | 2 |
Bronze
| McKeon | 3 |
 Melnikova | 2 |
| Nagornyy | 2 |
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English diver Jack Laugher defends gold at Commonwealth Games
English diver Jack Laugher extended his dominance in the one-meter springboard event Thursday to take a third straight gold at the Commonwealth Games.
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Botswana teen Letsile Tebogo draws Usain Bolt comparisons after showboating sprint
Teenager Letsile Tebogo has attracted comparisons to Usain Bolt after showboating his way to the under-20 100 metres world title in a record time with a scorching run in Colombia on Tuesday.
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United States sprint great Allyson Felix joins IOC athletes' commission
American sprint great Allyson Felix and a refugee cyclist originally from Afghanistan joined the International Olympic Committee's athletes' commission on Thursday.
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All Blacks aren't panicking, says embattled coach Ian Foster
Ian Foster has shrugged off queries over his future as New Zealand coach ahead of a tour of South Africa that could spell the end of his tenure.
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Wout van Aert claims final time trial, but Jonas Vingegaard on verge of Tour de France win
Wout van Aert captured the final time trial on Saturday, but Jonas Vingegaard increased his overall lead in Stage 20 is closing in a Tour de France title.
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U.S. men and women cruise into 4x100 relay final at track world championships
The American men got the baton around in the 4x100 relay -- something that hasn't always been a guarantee -- and cruised into the final with the fastest qualifying time Friday night. The U.S. women had little trouble, too.
