Olympics: Nibali breaks collarbone, Porte breaks scapula

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RIO DE JANEIRO (AFP) — Italy’s Vincenzo Nibali suffered a broken collarbone and Australia’s Richie Porte suffered a broken scapula Saturday at the men’s Olympic road race in Rio de Janeiro.

Porte took a hard a fall on a tricky descent in the penultimate lap of the Vista Chinesa circuit, abandoning the race, while Nibali ran into trouble on the very same downhill run the following lap. The 31-year-old Italian looked like a strong bet to win gold until he crashed rounding a corner 12 kilometers from the Copacabana finish.

He was taken to …

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