Rio de Janeiro Olympics

Athlete Sells Rio Medal to Help 3-year-old With Eye Cancer
Athlete Sells Rio Medal to Help 3-year-old With Eye Cancer
Athlete Sells Rio Medal to Help 3-year-old With Eye Cancer
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Polish discus thrower Piotr Malachowski has sold the silver medal he won at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics to help pay for the medication of a 3-year-old boy suffering from eye cancer. Malachowski said on Facebook that siblings Dominika and Sebastian Kulczyk, among the richest Poles, "declared the intention to buy my silver medal," which he put up for auction to help p
Mongolia’s Olympic Wrestling Protest Gets Public Backing
Mongolia’s Olympic Wrestling Protest Gets Public Backing
Mongolia’s Olympic Wrestling Protest Gets Public Backing
  ULAAN BATAAR, Mongolia (AP) — A skin-baring protest by a pair of Mongolian wrestling coaches at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics has struck a chord back home in their landlocked Asian nation. Mongolian media and the public reacted angrily to the decision to award victory to Uzbekistan's Ikhtiyor Navruzov over Mongolia's Mandakhnaran Ganzorig in the 65 kilogram freestyle bronze medal match on Sunday.