Workers cleared another five tons of dead fish from the shores of a Rio de Janeiro lagoon where Olympic rowing and canoeing events are due to take place next year, bringing to 37 tons the amount removed since last week, officials said Wednesday. More than 60 people from the city’s sanitation department will keep removing fish from the lagoon until the problem is resolved, officials said.
u25a0 The South African sprinter Simon Magakwe will miss the 2016 Olympics after refusing to take an out-of-competition doping test, his national association announced. Magakwe was barred from international athletics for two years, ruling him out of the Rio Olympics and the world championships in Beijing this year.