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Southeast Asia Is Having Its Best Olympics Ever

As the Olympics wind down, it’s customary to argue about which parts of the world performed best relative to expectations. The U.S. is a reasonable answer. Maybe Armenia. Probably not India. Definitely not Russia. Here’s a dark horse candidate: Southeast Asia. Despite a population over 600 million, Southeast Asia hasn’t seen a lot of Olympic […]

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Southeast Asia Is Having Its Best Olympics Ever

As the Olympics wind down, it’s customary to argue about which parts of the world performed best relative to expectations. The U.S. is a reasonable answer. Maybe Armenia. Probably not India. Definitely not Russia. Here’s a dark horse candidate: Southeast Asia. Despite a population over 600 million, Southeast Asia hasn’t seen a lot of Olympic […]

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These Collectible Cups Are All Anyone Cares About At The Olympics

We’re on the ground in Rio covering the 2016 Summer Olympics. Check out all our coverage here. RIO DE JANEIRO — “We’ve got them all! We’re leaving today, and we finally have all 42 of them,” boasted one half of a couple in line for beers at the Olympic BMX Centre, claiming that they’d completed […]

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