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Ex-Olympic champ Thiago Braz banned 16 months, out of Paris Games
Thiago Braz, the 2016 Olympic pole vault champion in Rio, has been banned for 16 months for doping and will miss the Paris Games, track and field's Athletics Integrity Unit said on Tuesday.
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Carapaz misses out on Ecuador's road cycling Olympics spot
Richard Carapaz will not be at the Paris Olympics to defend his road cycling title this summer, and Ecuador's only representative in the event will be Jhonatan Narváez, the national cycling federation said in a statement Monday.
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Kathy Rinaldi, Bob Bryan to coach U.S. Olympic tennis teams
Former Billie Jean King Cup captain Kathy Rinaldi and current Davis Cup captain Bob Bryan will coach the U.S. tennis players at the Paris Olympics.
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Issam Asinga banned 4 years, has record stripped for doping positive
Issam Asinga, the sprinter who set the U20 world record at 100M, has been banned four years and had his record stripped after antidoping officials ruled against his claim that his positive test for a performance-enhancer came from "recovery gummies."
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David Pastrnak, Czechia win world championship on home ice
Just more than a week after the Bruins' season ended, Boston forward David Pastrnak scored as Czechia shut out Switzerland 2-0 to win the world championship Sunday, saying after that "we've been waiting for gold for a very long time."
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British event rider Georgie Campbell dies in fall from horse
British event rider Georgie Campbell died after falling from her horse at the Bicton International Horse Trials in Devon on Sunday, organisers have confirmed.
