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The Latest: Wind disappears for canoe sprinters

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):

12:30 p.m.

The rowers are gone and so is the wind.

The canoe sprint competition has started on the Rodrigo de Freitas Lagoon without the blustery conditions that dominated the rowing regatta last week.

With only a soft breeze in the air, canoeists and kayakers faced no waves except for the wakes left by competitors in front of them.

"I think it's much calmer today," Swedish paddler Linnea Stensils said after qualifying for the final of the women's 200-meter sprint.