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Expert to Rio athletes: ‘Don’t put your head under water’

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Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with dangerous viruses and bacteria, according to a 16-month-long study commissioned by The Associated Press. Not only are some 1,400 athletes at risk of getting violently ill in water competitions, but the AP’s tests indicate that tourists also face potentially serious health risks on the golden beaches of Ipanema and Copacabana. The AP’s survey of the…

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Clearwater’s Melanie Margalis still churning through the pool

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It isn’t an Olympic year, so fewer fans are paying attention. But Melanie Margalis is still cutting through the water. Margalis, the University of Georgia swimmer from Clearwater, posted the fourth-fastest time in the world this year at 2:10.26. She won the 200 IM and the the 50-meter freestyle at the 2015 Athens Sectionals. The world’s best time belongs to Hungary’s Katinka Hosszu. Margalis, whose older brother Robert also swam for the United States, also holds the Georgia record for…

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