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Tyson Gay , Justin Gatlin and Mike Rodgers of the U.S. 400-meter relay team.  (Peter Klaunzer / EPA) USA Track and Field’s appeal of the disqualification of the men’s 400-meter relay team has been denied, according to several reports. The U.S. quartet finished third in the final on Friday but soon afterward was disqualified because of a faulty baton exchange between leadoff runner Mike Rodgers and Justin Gatlin in which Rodgers passed it too early. Jamaica won, followed by Japan. Canada, which had finished fourth, was elevated to third following the U.S. disqualification.   U.S. officials filed a protest with the Jury of Appeals of the International Assn. of Athletics Federations. The rejection of the appeal was first reported by Tim Layden of Sports Illustrated, who cited an official of the IAAF as saying all protests and appeals were rejected, leaving all results to stand. Associated Press also reported the protest had been rejected.  Los Angeles Times

Nicola Adams become the first woman to defend an Olympic  Nicola Adams became the first British boxer to retain an Olympic title for 92 years by winning gold in the women's flyweight final at Rio 2016. The 33-year-old won a unanimous points decision to beat France's Sarah Ourahmoune. Britain have now won 26 golds in Brazil and 63 medals overall, two short of the record 65 won at London 2012. It is GB's first gold boxing medal in Rio, though super-heavyweight Joe Joyce could add another (Sunday, 19:15 BST). "The gold rush continues," Adams told the BBC. "I'm now officially the most accomplished amateur boxer Great Britain has ever had. I can't believe it." Adams, from Leeds, has won Olympic, European and Commonwealth golds and now becomes the first Briton to defend her Olympic crown since middleweight Harry Mallin in 1924. She started strongly against the 15th-ranked Ourahmoune, winning the first of four two-minute rounds on all

Ryan Lochte's claims prompted a spoof poster to be displayed at the athletics stadium US swimmer Ryan Lochte has apologised for his behaviour in Rio and "for not being more careful and candid". The gold medallist had claimed that he and a group of fellow US swimmers had been robbed at a petrol station. But CCTV footage contradicted that story, showing the men had vandalised the petrol station after partying. Mr Lochte  tweeted : "I should have been much more responsible in how I handled myself and for that I am sorry." He said he had waited to issue the statement until it was clear that his teammates would be returning to the US. Rio's Mayor, Eduardo Paes, accepted the Americans' apologies: "I confess that my only emotion towards them is pity and contempt," he said. "It's a shame that they're such weak characters, that they have such personality flaws and it's up to the American Olympic Committee to sort it o

Bolt's 19.78 seconds is his slowest winning time in an Olympic 200m final Usain Bolt completed a Rio 2016 sprint double by winning the 200m as Jade Jones took Great Britain's gold-medal tally to 22 with taekwondo success. Bolt's eighth Olympic title came in a time of 19.78 seconds, and the Ja maican has one final chance to win gold in Friday's 4x100m relay final. Jones, meanwhile, beat Eva Calvo Gomez to win taekwondo's -57kg division. With three days remaining, Britain are just nine medals short of the  record  65 they secured in London four years ago. They got off to a great start on day 13 as Alistair Brownlee and brother Jonny won gold and silver respectively in the triathlon, and Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark triumphed in the sailing. Elsewhere, Liam Heath and Jon Schofield  won silver  in the men's 200m kayak double, and Marcus Ellis and Chris Langridge  took bronze  in badminton's men's doubles. Nicola Adams  reached the women

Ryan Lochte said a man robbed him at gunpoint while returning in a taxi to the Olympic village US Olympic swimmers in Rio de Janeiro invented a story about a robbery in an effort to disguise a dispute over a damaged petrol station door, police sources have told the BBC. One of the athletes broke the door to the bathroom and a row ensued when attendants asked the Americans to pay for the damage, they said. After security guards were called in, the Americans reportedly paid and left. Three of the swimmers remain in Brazil and are due to be questioned by police. The fourth, gold medallist Ryan Lochte, returned to the US on Monday. Lochte robbery: What do we know? Before it emerged that Mr Lochte had left Brazil, a judge ordered that the four have their passports confiscated pending further police questioning, amid reports of inconsistencies in the men's accounts of the alleged robbery. Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger were taken off a US-bound plane at Rio de Janeiro ai

Evan Jager  (Yoan Valat / European Pressphoto Agency) The U.S. apparently has become a steeplechase power in Olympic competition. Evan Jager of Algonquin, Ill., won a silver medal in the men’s 3,000-meter steeplechase Wednesday, finishing behind the Olympic-record time of 8:03.29 run by Conseslus Kiproto of Kenya. Jager’s time of 8:04.28 was a season-best. Earlier this week, Emma Coburn won a bronze medal in the women’s steeplechase, a first for American women. Ezekiel Kemboi, the 2004 and 2012 Olympic champion, was third in 8:08. 47. That extended the Kenyan men's gold-medal streak in this event to nine in a row, starting in 1984. “Beating the Kenyans in championship steeplechases, it’s a very hard achievement and a very hard task,” Jager said. “Since I started steeplechasing, it’s been one of the goals of mine just to be in the mix with the Kenyans and beat some of them on the day at championship races. Beating Kemboi, who has been so dominant over his entire career

2016 Rio Olympics - Athletics - Final - Women's 1500m Final - Olympic Stadium - Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 16/08/2016. Faith Chepngetich Kipyegon (KEN) of Kenya celebrates winning the gold.  REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson By  Mitch Phillips   |  RIO DE JANEIRO Kenya's Faith Kipyegon won the women's Olympic 1,500 meters on Tuesday after unleashing a devastating burst in the second half of the race that left Ethiopia's world record holder Genzebe Dibaba trailing in her wake. Kipyegon, fastest in the world this year, sat in a pack that virtually jogged the opening stages before she and Dibaba pulled clear with a 56.8-second lap around the halfway mark that scattered the field. Dibaba, who has struggled with injury this year, led with 200 to go but the 22-year-old Kipyegon forced her way past and drove for the line to win in four minutes 8.92 seconds and reverse the order from last year's world championship final. "It was an amazing race," Kipyegon told rep

Kenya's David Rudisha celebrates after winning the men's 800 meters final in Rio de Janeiro, August 15. Rudisha became the first man in over 50 years to retain the Olympic title. LEONHARD FOEGER/REUTERS Four years after London 2012, David Rudisha has delivered again for Kenya. The 800 meter runner won the East African country’s second gold medal of the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro with a towering run, clocking a time of 1:42.15. Rudisha overcame a strange race—during which compatriot Alfred Kipketer sprinted clear in the first lap, disrupting Rudisha’s usual rhythm of leading from the front—to become the first athlete since 1964 to retain the men’s 800 meter crown. As well as now being a double Olympic champion, 27-year-old Rudisha holds the past two titles from the 2011 and 2015 World Championships. The Kenyan has also broke the world record three times, with his current best sitting at 1:40.91, obtained at London 2012. But he was adamant that his run in Rio

Russia's Yulia Efimova, silver medalist, was jeered by some in the crowd at Rio. CREDIT:  BARCROFT IMAGES   Tom Morgan ,  rio   10 AUGUST 2016 • 1:54AM A Russian swimmer claimed the West was launching a new Cold War over  Olympics drug-cheating allegations  on Tuesday as a bitter row between athletes intensified in Rio. Finger-wagging,  boos from the crowds  and fierce criticism from rival athletes greeted the first Russian medal-winners after the country escaped a blanket ban for state-sponsored cheating. However, Yulia Efimova, allowed to compete at the 11th hour after appealing a ban, claimed criticism was part of a new propaganda war as her silver medal in the breaststroke was met with jeers. "In the Olympic Games, usually all wars stop, but now they can’t find a way to beat Russia and now they try to make use of athletes,” said Efimova, who is believed to be the first Russian to hit back over the scandal. Lilly King, a US swimmer who won gold, had pre

Michael Phelps has 21 gold medals   PHOTO: GETTY The United States took over the lead in gold medals at the 2016 Rio Olympics with big performances on Day 4. Breaking a tie in first-place finishes with China, the U.S. extended its lead in overall medals, as well. As of publication time Wednesday morning, Team USA leads the way with 27 total medals, holding a 10-medal lead over China. The U.S. has 10 gold medals to China’s eight entering Day 5, thanks to the best Olympian of all time. Michael Phelps is up to 21 career gold medals, winning gold in the 200-meter butterfly and anchoring Team USA’s first-place finish in the men’s 4x200-meter freestyle. The swimmer now has more than twice as many gold medals as anyone that’s ever competed in the Summer Olympics. Carl Lewis, Mark Spitz, Larisa Latynina and Paavo Nurmi all won nine at the Summer Games. While Phelps has been winning gold medals since 2004, Simone Biles is competing at the Games for the first time. But even though she