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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The Latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):9:50 p.m.The Italian mens pursuit team has been added to the track cycling program at the Rio Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the decision to bar Russias squad from competing.Kiril Sveshnikov, Dmitry Sokolov and Dmitry Strakhov appealed to CAS after they were included in the McLaren Report that detailed state-directed doping across numerous winter and summer sports.Their pursuit teammate Sergey Shilov was cleared to compete in Saturdays road race and presumably could have ridden on the track, while teammate Viktor Manakov had never been implicated.Cyclings governing body, the UCI, tells The Associated Press that it consulted with the IOC before reallocating Russias vacated team pursuit spot to Italy.Italian riders Filippo Ganna, Liam Bertazzo, Simone Consonni and Francesco Lamon will fly to Brazil this weekend to join teammate Elia Viviani, who is already in Rio to contest the omnium.The qualifying round of the mens team pursuit is Thursday.---8:30 p.m.The Russian Sailing Federation says one of its sailors has been cleared to compete at the Olympics despite having been implicated in a report on alleged doping cover-ups.Pavel Sozykin had initially been ruled out last month by World Sailing after his name featured in World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLarens report into Russias alleged scheme to hide hundreds of failed drug tests.However, World Sailing dropped its opposition to Sozykin on Wednesday, saying it was not clear whether he would have been eligible for a ban even if there had been a cover-up.The Russian Sailing Federation said in a statement Friday that the International Olympic Committee has given final approval to Sozykin, meaning Russias full team of seven sailors can compete in Rio.---7:10 p.m.A small group of protesters have been stopped by heavily armed security that appeared to fire tear gas to keep them from reaching the site of the opening ceremony for the Rio Olympics.The protesters got within about 2 kilometers (1.5 miles) of the Maracana stadium on Friday. As they tried to get closer, security pushed them back, setting off clashes.Television footage showed two protesters setting fire to a yellow shirt carrying the logo Rio 2016 and worn by staff working at the Olympics.It was not clear how many protesters were detained, though footage showed at least one young man being placed into the back of a police van.There have been consistent small protests in Brazil in the run-up to the Olympics, much of it aimed as the torch relay as it circled the country of 200 million.Brazil is in the midst of its deepest recession since the 1930s, employment is above 10 percent, and the local currency has tumbled in value against the dollar in the last year.---6 p.m.A bad virus couldnt keep Alice Ingley of Australia from shooting arrows.Ingley spent part of Thursday morning in a clinic with the virus. On Friday, she finished 58th in archerys qualifying round at the Rio Olympics.Not bad for eating only some crackers and nibbling on a piece of toast.Ingley said she knew she would make it to qualifying, but just didnt know how many arrows she would be able to shoot. Ingley ended up shooting all 72 arrows in the qualifying round.But she will stay away from teammates for one more night just so they dont catch anything from her.A member of the Australian womens water polo team was in isolation a few days ago after being stricken with a gastrointestinal virus.---5:45 p.m.The CEO of the Russian Cycling Federation says three of the countrys cyclists have been cleared to race at the Olympics after appealing their exclusion over doping.The three had been barred from competing under International Olympic Committee rules on Russia because they previously had been banned for doping. But that IOC rule was declared unenforceable by a sports arbitration panel Thursday.Even though the three Russian cyclists have been allowed to race, only two-time road racing medalist Olga Zabelinskaya appears likely to compete.Tour de France stage winner Ilnur Zakarin cannot race due to a confluence of circumstances, federation CEO Yuri Kucheryavy tells The Associated Press in text messages.Another rider, track cyclist Sergei Shilov, could be out because three of his teammates in the pursuit are facing exclusion on different doping-related allegations.---5:30 p.m.The competing was the easy part for three Russian archers in comparison to waiting to see if they would even be allowed at the Olympics.The International Olympic Committee recently approved the entry of 271 Russian athletes amid several anti-doping groups calling for a complete ban.Overall, more than 100 Russians have been excluded, including 67 in track and field, over allegations of state-sponsored doping in Russia ahead of the Rio Games.Of course, there were some worries, Russian archer Ksenia Perova said through a translator Friday after the womens qualifying round at the Sambadrome. But they (decision makers) believe in common sense.Tuiana Dashidorzhieva led the way for the Russians in qualifying by finishing fifth. Inna Stepanova was 16th and Perova wound up 17th.---5:05 p.m.Hours before the opening ceremony, the Greek Olympic committee has announced the first positive doping test of the Rio Games.The committee says an unnamed member of the Olympic team failed a doping test in July in Athens. The Greeks say the athlete has left the Olympic Village.Dozens of athletes have failed doping tests at the last two Olympics, most caught in recent retests of stored samples. The IOC stores doping samples for 10 years so they can be retested when new methods become available, meaning drug cheats who escaped detection at the time can be caught years later.---4:30 p.m.The Olympic torch relay has reached the end of its protest-disrupted journey to Rio de Janeiro.The relay that began with a ceremonial lighting in Ancient Olympia, Greece, in April ended in Rios Flamingo district on Friday afternoon.The flame will next be used to light the cauldron in the Maracana Stadium in Fridays nights opening ceremony.There was a late detour for the torch on Friday, with protests and heavy crowds forcing organizers to shift the relay away from part of the famed Copacabana beach before it headed to Sugar Loaf Mountain.---4:25 p.m.Theyre cutting it very close at Rio de Janeiros Olympic sailing venue.A temporary ramp to launch boats at Rios Marina da Gloria collapsed a week ago and, with sailing opening on Monday, its still not fixed. Organizers said it would be ready on Friday, but that wont happen.Darryl Seibel, a spokesman for the governing body of world sailing, says good progress is being made and the body is increasingly optimistic.Rios Olympic sailing event has drawn unwanted attention because of severe water pollution in the Guanabara Bay venue. Rio treats about half of its waste, dumping the rest into its bacteria- and virus-filled waters.Seibel says the temporary ramp should be finished over the weekend. If its not, all the boats must be launched from one permanent concrete ramp.Seibel says we could operate with only one, although thats far from ideal, and its not what were expecting to do.---3:40 p.m.Want to watch the opening ceremony in the United States when it kicks off in Rio? Youll have to wait at least an hour.NBC wont begin telecasting the festivities until an hour after they begin in Rio on Friday night. The tape-delayed telecast will be four hours after the fact out West.NBC also wont be streaming the event through its app or Olympics website until the television coverage begins, and streamers need to authenticate their account with a cable or satellite service.The network usually plays a cat-and-mouse game to prevent other websites from streaming the event. It remains to be seen how successful it will be.The ceremony is expected to be filled with Brazils native samba music, with appearances by Caetano Veloso and Gilberto Gil, along with model Gisele Bundchen. Legendary soccer star Pele said Friday that he would not be attending due to ill health.---3:20 p.m.Suspended Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff says shes sad to be missing out on the Olympics festivities as Rio gears up to Friday nights opening ceremony.Rousseff will be watching from the presidential palace in Brasilia, where shes been holed up since being suspended in May on impeachment charges. She says on Twitter that shell still be rooting for Brazil even if she cant attend in person.Her predecessor and mentor, Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who led the Brazilian efforts to bring the first Olympics to South America, said hes not even planning to watch it. His spokesman Jose Chrispiniano said the former president will instead be at a rally of his Workers Party in his hometown in the greater Sao Paulo area.The honor of kicking off the games will instead go to interim President Michel Temer, who said he expects to be loudly booed at Maracana stadium.In 2009, before the largely unknown Rousseff ran her first campaign, she was one of the 50,000 people celebrating on Copacabana beach after Rio beat Madrid, Tokyo and Chicago to host the event.--2:45 p.m.Chris Brooks remarkable resurgence will reach its peak on Saturday when the captain of the U.S. mens gymnastics team competes in the all-around.The 29-year-old Brooks, a first-time Olympian, will do all six events for the Americans as they try to earn a spot in Mondays eight-team final. Four-time national champion Sam Mikulak will also do the all-around for the U.S. as it hopes to return to the podium after fading during the finals in 2012.Alex Naddour will do floor exercise, pommel horse, still rings and vault. Jake Dalton will do floor exercise, still rings, vault, parallel bars and high bar while 2012 all-around bronze medalist Danell Leyva will compete on pommel horse, parallel bars and high bar.Each country will put four men in each event during qualifying, with the lowest score being dropped. The format changes up to three-up, three-count for the final on Monday.---2:20 p.m.Leaders of countries who are in Brazil to promote bids for the 2024 Games discussed terrorism threats Friday ahead of Rios opening ceremony.French President Francois Hollande says Paris and other cities bidding to host future Olympics need to be able to protect themselves, and Hollande says France has experience in organizing and protecting major events. More than 200 people have died in France in the last 18 months in terror attacks, but Hollande said these were not attacks on major organized events like the European Championship soccer tournament, which was held around France in June and July.Italian Premier Matteo Renzi says holding the Olympics in Rome would be an answer to terrorists trying to cower people into a life of fear.Speaking in an interview with two international news agencies, including The Associated Press, Renzi said that if the terrorists hate music, we will invest more money in music. If they hate soccer or other sports, we believe this is our identity.Paris and Rome are bid rivals for the 2024 Games along with Los Angeles.---1:55 p.m.Protests and large crowds have forced the Olympic torch relay away from Copacabana.The torch relay was due to pass by Rio de Janeiros famed beach ahead of Fridays opening ceremony.Earlier, U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon ran with the torch by Ipanema beach after receiving it from International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach.The flame will be used to light the Olympic cauldron Friday night at the Maracana Stadium.---1:25 p.m.Pele says his poor health will prevent him from participating in the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics.In a statement on Friday, Pele says Im not physically able to attend the opening of the Olympics.Fridays opening ceremony will need to fill a void without Brazils most famous athlete. He had hip surgery several years ago and often walks with the help of a cane.Pele says in his statement that only God is more important than my health. In my life, Ive had fractures, surgeries, pain, hospital stays, victories and defeats. 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In the photo, which was taken in while she was in high school, Allison Stokke is looking off into the distance, clearly preparing for an attempt.The photo was posted in 2008 to a sports blog, along with the following text: Meet pole vaulter Allison Stokke... Hubba hubba and other grunting sounds.Within weeks, dozens of other blogs and message boards picked up the image. Calculating just how many people have seen the photo is impossible. But heres some anecdotal evidence to suggest that number is ridiculously high: the same week the image was posted online, Stokke opened up Facebook.She had infinity friend requests.The number of requests pouring into her account had broken Facebooks counting mechanism. Or consider this: the week after the photo appeared online, Cindy Stokke went to the neighborhood dry cleaner, where the woman behind the counter looked at her ticket, saw the last name and asked if she was related to the girl in the pole-vaulting picture.Yes, thats my daughter.Apparently everyone in Korea, where the store owner was from, was talking about the image.In the infamous photo, Stokke is competing in a high school meet. She is, in that moment, an athlete, just as she is now. The year the viral photo was taken, she was 17 years old and the best high school vaulter in the country. In the picture, she is strong, her body taut.Of course, thats not why the photo went viral -- not really. The image tore across the web because men thought she looked hot. Part of that hotness is certainly her strength, her body, which also helps make her a better pole vaulter.But lets not kid ourselves: very few people ogling the photo saw Stokke through the athlete prism. They saw sex. Hubba, hubba.The picture is like a Rubin vase for sports. What do you see when you look at the photo: a female athlete preparing to vault, or a sexy young woman striking a pose?If most people see only sex, even though Stokke was literally in the middle of a competition, and if she does not want to be a sex symbol and really loathes the idea, then how does she continue being an athlete? If society has intertwined those two identities, how does she go about being one without reinforcing the other?I feel like me and that picture are two different people, Stokke says. I feel it has taken on a life of its own. Its like that picture is my alter-ego and sometimes I feel like I use it for a positive force, and sometimes I just choose to leave it out there and not engage with it.What a strange space we launched her into -- and at age 18.Stokke is now 27, and shes still vaulting. In fact, last year, the Cal graduate moved from California to Phoenix, where shes training, working under a new coach and surrounded by the very best. She wanted to give herself the best chance to achieve her lifelong dream: making the Olympic team. The Southern California native briefly gave up her sport a few years ago, deciding she needed to move on and get her masters. But she quickly realized she wasnt yet done. She still wanted to try to twist her body over greater and greater heights.The USA Track & Field Olympic Trials are in Eugene, Oregon, on Friday. Stokke will be watching from the sidelines, as her 4.20 meter entry mark didnt meet the 4.50m minimum standard, but shell continue to train and compete.Its July of 2015, and Stokke is sitting in the back of a coffee shop in Orange County when the guy at the next table leans into her space. She catches the movement out of the corner of her eye. Her smile freezes; her hand tightens around her café au lait.I couldnt help but eavesdrop, he says, but were you talking about sports?She was, in fact. She was talking about why she first started vaulting (she grew out of gymnastics), her years at the University of California (2006 to 2010), the small international competitions in Europe where you rent a car and drive all night instead of paying for a hotel, and about chasing the 2016 Olympic dream.Stokke smiles in the mans direction without making eye contact and says: Yup!He waits for her to say more, then nods, satisfied, as if this is the coolest thing hes heard in a while, then he drifts back into his space.Stokke exhales.In the months after the picture went viral, pphotographers would kneel beneath her at meets, shooting upward as she stood on the runway before an attempt.dddddddddddd Grown men would send postcards, with handwritten notes, to her home in California -- some of the sentiments were kind; some were not.When Stokke vaulted at Cal, the school removed her headshot from its website because men would constantly request a signed copy. And in the years immediately after the image went viral, she would often get asked to pose for pictures with men who couldnt believe they had run into the young woman from that super hot photo on the internet.Or with men who really could believe they had, because they orchestrated a meeting, attending the event just to take a picture with Stokke.So, no, its not an overblown reaction if Stokke builds an invisible wall when someone unexpectedly leans into her space. A lot of people have leaned into her space. And shes mostly chosen to stay still -- very still -- and wait for them to go away.Google her name -- its almost like she didnt exist between 2009 and 2014. At that point, I wasnt the best vaulter in the country, so why should I be getting that much attention? she says. It cut the other way, too, though. I think at some point Cal just decided: Dont put anything up about her. So even if I jumped high or won a meet, they wouldnt put up a picture or article, and thats actually the kind of recognition I would have liked to see.Even as a teenager, Stokke recognized her situation as a Catch-22. The attention she had garnered -- coverage by Glamour, offers from Maxim, calls to appear on The Today Show -- was disproportionate to her athletic achievements. Though she didnt yet have the language for her predicament, she sensed that waiting out the storm would be the best solution for her.Some people around her wondered why she didnt seize the moment: accept the spread in Maxim, the modeling contract, fly to New York to appear on the morning shows. Do all of it. After all, who knows if youll have the chance again?But the part never mentioned is that, once someone walks through that door, it snaps shut. Once a female athlete is publicly labeled beautiful, we offer her the world. But heres the trick: once she accepts it, we tear her apart, say shes exploiting and sexualizing herself. Oh, and we also say that shes not even that good, anyway.Ive never seen this viral thing happen to a male athlete who isnt also already the best at what they do, Stokke says. Yes, male athletes are also hailed for being incredibly attractive, but theyre usually top-ranked in the world, too.So Stokke kept fighting to become better.I think I saw her grow up faster, says her mom, Cindy. She saw how the world can be, saw how some people can be really cruel, some people can be great. I think she realized, I cant be so concerned about what everyone else thinks; I have to pursue my career and my dream and my sport.Stokke is not a victim.On this point, she is adamant, almost desperate. She did one print interview when this whole thing happened, with a magazine, and the energy conveyed by the piece was that Stokke was somehow wronged. Truth is: convincing people that unwanted attention from men isnt flattering -- and often also feels threatening -- is difficult.Stokke isnt good at being a victim. Shes an athlete; shes conditioned to mold herself to become whatever necessary. If she was going to be in the limelight, it was going to be because she was an athlete, and she knew that was about her looks, says Cindy. She wanted to be known for her ability to pole vault. Thats what she wanted.Says Stokke: At Cal, I wrote about it once for a Sociology class. We were supposed to write about some deep thing that affected you emotionally, and then you had the option to share, or not share and delete it. And I didnt share it. I deleted it. I wish I still had that somewhere, because I think it would be very different now.My response back then, in 2008 -- was I flattered? In some ways, sure. But I was overwhelmed, too. And I think my response to being overwhelmed was to just stay away from it entirely. But now, Im trying to figure out how to reclaim it and own it and push it in the right direction. And benefit from it -- in terms of fueling my training. And if I try to ignore it, it will take on a life of its own. Which is what I did in college: ignore it. And I lost control of my own story.In an earlier version of this story, we incorrectly said Stokke would be competing in the?USA Track & Field Olympic trials on July 8. ' ' '