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Doping Wasn’t Always Considered Cheating

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Is Chinese Swimmer Sun Yang Really a Drug Cheat?

By Charlie Campbell / Beijing

Watch This Olympic Fencer Drop His Cell Phone in the Middle of a Match

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Aly Raisman on the Magic of the Gymnastics Team Competition

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Booing at the Olympics Shouldn't Be Surprising

Despite an anti-booing ethos at the Olympics, that particular expression of displeasure has long been a feature of the games

By Mahita Gajanan

Egyptian Women's Volleyball Team Competed in Hijab For Their First Olympic Game

Egypt's first time competing since 1996

By Cady Lang

The Internet Is Swooning Over Olympic Medalist Swimmer Ryan Held's Tears of Joy

"Pretty sure Ryan Held should marry me"

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The U.S. Women's Gymnastics Squad Is Having Way Too Much Fun

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Samuel L. Jackson Is the Most Enthusiastic Live-Tweeter of the Rio 2016 Olympics

"This is what She Do!! Simooooone! Go USA!!!"

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The Couple That Changed Gymnastics: 3 Decades of Karolyi Highlights

Martha and Bela Karolyi trained and worked with 28 Olympians since training Nadia Comaneci leading up to her perfect 10 in the 1976 games

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Did Leonardo DiCaprio Just Win an Olympic Medal in Rio?

Is that you, Leo?

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Go Inside the Rio Hospital for Injured Olympic Athletes

An Olympian's broken legs, Zika, even a terrorist attack—all of it will run through Americas Medical City

By Alice Park/Rio de Janeiro and Julia Lull

Sex Abuse Allegations Reach Team USA Gymnasts

Concerned coaches try to keep team focused on gold

By Alice Park/Rio de Janeiro

The Best of LIFE: Summer Olympics

Photos that capture strength, speed and style

By Lily Rothman and Liz Ronk

This Is What Rio’s Terrible Pollution Looks Like On the Ground

It’s a gaseous stench: inhale it at your stomach’s own risk

By Sean Gregory / Rio de Janeiro and Julia Lull

The Feats of Athleticism of the First Modern Olympics

Plus, a brief history of the modern Olympics

By Olivia B. Waxman and Liz Ronk

Olympic Gymnast Accidentally Spends $5K on Pokémon Go in Brazil

Catching them all comes at a steep price

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What to Know About the Ancient Olympics

From athletes who competed covered in olive oil to an Emperor who hijacked the games to win them

By Olivia B. Waxman

See How Simone Biles Compares in Height to Other Olympians

Biles and her squad prove that small can be strong, too

By Raisa Bruner

Vanessa Carlton Understands Why Carmelo Anthony Refused to Join This 'A Thousand Miles' Sing-Along

A squad goal missed

By Ashley Hoffman
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