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Madrid have learned lessons from their failed 2012 bid which makes them stronger for their push to hold the 2016 Olympics, according to the city's mayor Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon.

Japanese Prime Minister Yasuo Fukuda expressed elation that Tokyo had been shortlisted to host the 2016 Olympics but bid leaders insisted there was still a mountain to climb.

The U.S. Olympic swimming trials are still nearly a month away, but the American team already had two members. Mark Warkentin and Chloe Sutton were the first two swimmers officially selected to the team, confirmed Wednesday to compete in the Olympic debut of open water swimming. Warkentin, a 28-year-old from Santa Barbara, Calif., earned the men's berth by finishing seventh in the 10-kilometer race...