The Latest on the Olympics ahead of the Rio Games (all times local):
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1:20 p.m.
Madison Kennedy was prepping for a television interview when the cameraman gave her a gentle nudge and motioned toward her nose.
He thought it was a drop of water. Actually, it's a nose ring. Kennedy jokes that that her mother "loves it too. She always says it looks like a booger."
Kennedy was top qualifier in the preliminaries of the 50-meter freestyle, putting her a step closer to qualifying for her first Olympics.
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1:15 p.