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Rio swimming starting platform washed away on blustery Copacabana
AFP, Published on 13/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Organisers at the Rio Olympics suffered another headache Saturday when the starting platform for the marathon swimming was washed away just 48 hours before the competition starts by strong currents off Copacabana beach, postponing training sessions.
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Gold fever trumps health fears in Rio marathon swimming
AFP, Published on 15/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Rio de Janeiro Olympics open water swimming in five points:
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'Burkini' about inclusion not division in Australia
AFP, Published on 19/08/2016
» SYDNEY - Part bikini, part all-covering burqa, the burkini swimsuit has sparked huge controversy in France, but in Australia where beach culture is a national obsession, it's seen as a symbol of inclusion, says its designer Aheda Zanetti.
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Russians get Olympic green light, Neymar launches Brazil quest
AFP, Published on 04/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - Two Russian swimmers implicated in a bombshell report on state-sponsored doping were given the green light to compete at the Olympics on Thursday as football superstar Neymar prepared to kick-off Brazil's quest for football gold.
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Rio ready for Olympic carnival as opening awaits
AFP, Published on 05/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - The carnival capital of Rio de Janeiro will host a glittering Olympics opening ceremony party on Friday, hoping to draw a line under a turbulent seven-year build-up dogged by recession, drugs scandals, crime and infrastructure stumbles.
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Aussies get gold for Olympic Games grumbles
AFP, Published on 06/08/2016
» RIO DE JANEIRO - With the Rio Olympics barely begun, Australia is already in pole position for a gold medal in grizzling, with complaints ranging from inadequate shower curtains to a "cloudy" swimming pool.
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Vanishing golf stars for Rio could jeopardize Olympic status
AFP, Published on 06/07/2016
» WASHINGTON - Top-ranked Jason Day, Rory McIlroy and Adam Scott lead a host of men's golf stars who have withdrawn from the Rio Olympics, an exodus that could jeopardize the sport's return to the Games lineup after an 112-year absence.
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Hunt on for shark that killed Australian diver
AFP, Published on 06/06/2016
» SYDNEY - A hunt was underway Monday for a monster six-metre shark blamed for a fatal attack on a diver in western Australia, despite allegations it amounted to a "revenge killing".
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Woman rushed to hospital with shark stuck to arm
AFP, Published on 16/05/2016
» MIAMI - A woman in the US state of Florida was rushed to a hospital after being bitten by a shark -- with the carnivorous fish still latched to her right arm, local media reported.
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Oceans of determination
Life, Kong Rithdee, Published on 11/04/2016
» Jonas Colting last Wednesday emerged from the blue water and became the first man to have swum around Phuket Island. The Swedish ultraman took eight days, in our scandalous summer heat, to complete the task that hadn't been attempted before, and that took him from the tip of the western coast of the island, going south counter-clockwise past Patong, Karon, the horn of Phrom Thep Cape, Chalong Pier, then turning northward to Lam Hin, Ao Poh, Sarasin Bridge and ending at Mai Khao Beach.
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