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Team USA athletes take part in the opening ceremony of the Rio 2016 Summer Olympics at Maracana Stadium on Aug. 5.

Team USA Lives Here: Where America's Rio Olympians Are From

3:50pm August 11, 2016

Is an Olympic athlete from your state? Use our search tool to find out. Nearly half of the U.S. team has ties to just five states — and 47 athletes were born in other countries.

Michael Phelps leads U.S. athletes in the opening ceremony of Rio's Olympics. In terms of age, height, and experience, America's Olympians vary widely — particularly by sport.

What Team USA Looks Like: A By-The-Numbers Look At America's Olympians

3:12pm August 11, 2016

They vary widely, particularly by sport. We broke out some numbers that help describe the 554 U.S. athletes in Rio.

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2 Decades Later, Gymnast Dominique Moceanu Looks Back On Her Career

7:58am August 11, 2016

Dominique Moceanu was the youngest U.S. gymnast in history to win Olympic gold in 1996. Twenty years later, she talks to David Greene about the pressure of competing at such a young age.

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Why Canadian Swimmer Flips His Dad The Bird

7:10am August 11, 2016

Swimmer Santo Condorelli and his father give each other the middle finger wave. Joseph Condorelli told the New York Daily News they started doing this routine when Santo was 8 to release tension

Gold medalists, left to right, Katie Ledecky, Allison Schmitt, Leah Smith and Maya DiRado of the United States pose on the podium during the medal ceremony for the women's 4 x 200 meter freestyle relay final Wednesday.

U.S. Swimmers Dominate Rio Olympics In Exceptional Showing

2:40am August 11, 2016

by Tom Goldman

Wins by Katie Ledecky and Michael Phelps have helped American swimmers dominate the competition in what is proving to be an exceptional Olympic showing.

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Allison Schmitt, Katie Ledecky, Madeline "Maya" Dirado and Leah Smith celebrate after they won the Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay final for the U.S. Wednesday night at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games.

Rio Highlights: Japan's Uchimura, World's Best Male Gymnast, Shows Why

11:37pm August 10, 2016

by Greg Myre

Kohei Uchimura, who has been the best in the world for seven years, kept his Olympic title in the all-around. American Kristin Armstrong took a third gold in cycling — a day before turning 43.

Time trial champion Kristin Armstrong of the U.S. calls her life as a working mom the "secret weapon" that helped her win Olympic gold Wednesday.

'Because I Can': Cyclist Kristin Armstrong Wins Third Gold Medal At Age 42

9:45pm August 10, 2016

by Bill Chappell

"For all the moms out there, I hope that this was a very inspiring day," Armstrong said after winning her race and making Olympic history in Rio de Janeiro.

Members of the Refugee Olympic Team have their picture taken with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Filippo Grandi and UNHCR staff inside the Olympic Village. For the first time in Olympic history, the International Olympic Committee has creat

For Refugee Team, Just Being In Rio Is Like Winning Gold

8:00pm August 10, 2016

by Melissa Block

The 10 athletes representing the first-ever refugee team received a stadium-rattling ovation at the opening ceremony. They hope to send a message about refugees that reaches far beyond the Rio Games.

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Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova isn't competing at the 2016 Olympics. At a March 7 press conference in Los Angeles, she told reporters she'd tested positive for meldonium, a prescription heart drug that improves blood flow. It was banned in January by

Olympic Athletes Still Use Some Rx Drugs As A Path To 'Legal Doping'

12:40pm August 10, 2016

by Jon Hamilton

Hundreds of elite endurance athletes were taking the prescription heart drug meldonium until it was banned in January. But a similar heart drug, telmisartan, is still allowed.

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40 Years Later, Anti-Doping Calls At The Olympics Grow Louder

6:12am August 10, 2016

Sports commentator Christine Brennan is in Rio for the Summer Olympics, where she's noticed a big change in attitudes about doping among athletes and the media.