Olympics

GREENBURGH, N.Y. — Seimone Augustus grew up in Louisiana, not far from where Alton Sterling was shot this month. She knows that could have easily been someone she knew.

NAIROBI, Kenya — They were used to running barefoot on baking ground. They were raw, untrained. All eager.

The International Olympic Committee is looking at a new test for gene doping, although it won’t be used at the Rio de Janeiro Games, the IOC’s medical and scientific director said.