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Emily Morley finishes sixth in E Final

RIO de Janeiro, Brazil: In the rain, Emily Morley closed out of her initial historic Olympic Games experience with a sixth place finish in the E final of the Women's Single Sculls on Friday at the Lagoa Stadium.

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Arianna one step closer to Olympic dream

RIO de Janeiro, Brazil: Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace is one race closer to accomplishing her Olympic dream in the women's 500 metres freestyle.

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Quarter-milers next up

RIO de Janeiro, Brazil — When the athletic competition gets underway today at the National Olympic Stadium, national 400 metre record holder Steven Gardiner will be one of the competitors in action for Team Bahamas.

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Vanderpool-Wallace chases gold in 50m free today

RIO de Janeiro, Brazil - Today, Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace is all set to go for the elusive Olympic Games swimming medal .

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Bahamas opens with 1-0 loss in CONCAF U-15 Girls Championship

THE Bahamas’ junior national team got off to a slow start in the CONCAF Under-15 Girls Championship.

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Quarter-miler Lanece Clarke making most of her spare time

RIO de Janeiro, Brazil — Although they won’t be competing until next Friday (August 19) when the preliminaries of the women’s 4 x 400 metre relay will take place, quarter-miler Lanece Clarke said she’s making the most of the days she has to spare at the 2016 Olympic Games.

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OLYMPIC GAMES: Joanna Evans finishes sixth in heat

Joanna Evans has finished sixth in heat two of the 800m free.Joanna Evans completed her first Olympic Games with a sixth place finish in her heat

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Joanna Evans ends Olympic campaign with sixth place in 800m freestyle heat

RIO Janeiro, Brazil – Joanna Evans completed her first Olympic Games with a sixth place finish in her heat of the women's 800 metres freestyle on Thursday.

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Snapshot: Leevan Sands on the beat at Rio Olympics

RIO de Janeiro, Brazil — Although he has been busy getting ready to compete, Leevan ‘Superman’ Sands has been actively involved in social media.

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Meet our Olympians

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Proposed IFAF World Championships cancelled

A MEETING between government entities and several factions representing American football in the country has resulted in the cancellation of the proposed International Federation of American Football (IFAF) World Championships. 

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Arianna misses out on 100m freestyle semifinal - eyes 50m free on Friday

RIO de Janeiro, Brazil: Having won a medal in all of the major international events except the Olympic Games, Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace finished just two spots shy of qualifying for the semifinal of the women´s 100 metre freestyle on Wednesday. But she admitted that she has her sights set on her specialty – the 50m free – on Friday.

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OLYMPIC GAMES: Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace fails to qualify

A disappointing start for Arianna Vanderpool-Wallace as she finishes seventh in heat 12 of the 100m freestyle.

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Chef de mission: ‘At this point, things are looking very good for the team’

RIO de Janeiro, Brazil — Chef de mission Roy Colebrooke said everything is going very well for Team Bahamas at the 2016 Olympic Games.