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Rio: Track and field a big test for an Olympics under siege
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RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) -- American high jumper Chaunte Lowe paid her own way to Rio de Janeiro, and picked up the tab for a hotel for this weekend's test event in track and field - the last of more than 40 test events with South America's first Olympics ...and more »
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