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Olympic team members robbed at gunpoint in Rio

Three members of Spain's Olympic sailing team were robbed at gunpoint in a popular tourist area of Rio de Janeiro, where the Summer Games will start in less than three months, officials said Saturday.

The sailors from the Nacra 17 catamaran class were in Santa Teresa, a picturesque part of Rio that is a favorite for foreign visitors, when "they were confronted by five people armed with two pistols," the Spanish Sailing Federation said in a statement.

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