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  • Two and a half days into the Rio 2016 Paralympics and 65 world records have fallen.

    Rio 2016 communications director Mario Andrada told Around the Rings the number of world records at these Games have defied expectations from Games organizers.

    “I want to praise the athletes – we have had an amazing 65 world records broken – 42 in swimming, 14 in athletics, five in cycling track and four in powerlifting – an amazing performance of the athletes so far in the Games,” Andrada says.

    Andrada added that the volume in which the records have been broken may come from the way Rio 2016 venues were designed.

    “There have been an unusual number of world records at the Paralympics and the Olympics,” he tells ATR.

    “I think it may be partly because in the swimming there is no diving tank on the side so it is a faster pool,” he added. “Also the same thing happened in the velodrome because the course is not symmetrical with one side sloped more than the other.”

    Although there are slight differences in the venues, Andrada says each was tested and certified by its respective International Federation before the Games began.

    “Also it is important that the results should all be attributed to the achievements of the athletes here who are doing an amazing job,” Andrada says.

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  • Courtesy of Chloe Sutton on YouTube

    After 15 years of long distance training, I never had any injuries. I believe that it is because I began this shoulder strengthening routine that I practiced after every workout.

  • The Olympic swimmer appears on The Ellen DeGeneres Show next Monday where he’ll candidly discuss his 10-month suspension from swimming after lying to authorities and the media about being held at gunpoint in Rio. USA Swimming and the United States Olympic Committee also banned the 32-year-old athlete from the 2017 National Championship, which prevents him from qualifying for the FINA World Championships next July in Budapest.

    “You know, I’ve been swimming my entire life and I’ve never taken a break, and for someone telling me that I can’t do something I’ve been doing my entire life…it’s heartbreaking and it stinks,” he tells host Ellen DeGeneres.

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  • We filmed with US Paralympic swimmer, Mallory Weggemann, before the 2012 London Paralympics. She was paralysed from the waist down after an epidural injection to treat post-shingles back pain. A last minute reclassification in 2012 hampered her performance in London. But she’ll be competing in eight events in Rio.

  • With the summer winding down, most children have already headed back in school, but there’s a younger age group that still has some prime time on their hands.

  • Day 1 provided plenty of drama

    some magical medal moments and…

    29 new world records!

    Here are some or our highlights…

  • After Russian athletes were banned from Rio in the wake of widespread doping, the alternative competition gets underway as the official Paralympics gets underway in Brazil. CCTV’s Julia Lyubova reports from Moscow.

  • Guest post by Laurie Smith

    After watching the Olympics this is a question that occurred to me – it’s not something that most people think about it. Personally, I had never given it much thought and chances are that you haven’t either until now.

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  • The three American Olympic swimmers – Jimmy Feigen, Gunnar Bentz and Jack Conger – involved with Ryan Lochte in the infamous gunpoint altercation in Rio De Janeiro last month have been suspended from the U.S. national team for four months, the U.S. Olympic Committee announced Thursday.

    The USOC also announced details of Lochte’s previously reported 10-month suspension for his role in creating an international incident when he gave an exaggerated recounting of what happened to the four during a night out in Rio at the conclusion of last month’s Olympic swimming competition.

    During their suspensions, all four swimmers:

    • Will not receive their monthly stipend from USA Swimming or the USOC.
    • Will not have support or access to USOC training centers or other facilities.
    • Will not be allowed to join the 2016 Team USA for its upcoming White House visit.
    • Will not be allowed to attend USA Swimming’s annual Golden Goggles event.

    In addition, Lochte, whose 10-month suspension will have him miss the 2017 national championships, making him ineligible for the world championships, will forfeit his gold-medal bonus from the 2016 Rio Games and has to perform 20 hours of community service. Bentz has to perform 10 hours of community service for breaking USA Swimming’s Olympic Village curfew for athletes under 21.

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