2008 Summer Olympics - Athletes
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Caster Semenya calls out IOC chief over Olympic transgender ban
Two-time Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya expressed her disappointment with IOC president Kirsty Coventry over the decision to ban transgender athletes from competing at the Games.
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Carolina Marín, Olympic and world badminton champion, retires
- Carolina Marín, one of the greatest ever badminton players, retired Thursday after the Spaniard couldn't fully recover from a third serious knee injury.
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The unexpected path that led Morgan and Frankie Price to Arkansas gymnastics
The Price sisters have led the Arkansas gymnastics team in their final season of the sport -- and they hope it ends with an NCAA championship berth.
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Devynne Charlton, Cooper Lutkenhaus star at World Indoors
Devynne Charlton matched her own world record by clocking 7.65 seconds to win the 60-meter hurdles at the World Indoors for the third straight year Sunday.
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Sprinter Fred Kerley gets 2-year ban for missing drug tests
Sprinter Fred Kerley received a two-year ban Friday for missing drug tests -- a suspension that shouldn't impact the 30-year-old former world champion because he has signed to run in a league that does not prohibit performance enhancers.
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Diving World Cup canceled after surge of violence in Mexico
The Diving World Cup scheduled for next week outside of Guadalajara in the state of Jalisco, Mexico, has been canceled due to safety concerns in the area.
