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In a wide-ranging interview Friday with The Associated Press, USOC CEO Scott Blackmun spoke about America's preparation for the Rio de Janeiro Games - plans being jarred by ongoing concerns about the Zika virus, along with a growing feeling among U.S. athletes that not everybody will be on a level playing field when the Olympics start in August. Last week, the New York Times published a story detailing former Moscow lab director Grigory Rodchenkov's elaborate plans to ensure drug-using Russian athletes would not test positive at the Sochi Olympics by replacing their dirty urine samples with clean ones previously collected. The track team's fate for Rio will be decided next month by the sport's governing body, the IAAF.
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