old medalist Asli Alptekin and silver medalist Gamze Bulut -- either were disqualified or are facing allegations of using performance-enhancing substances.d

MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Brewers will try to win a series for the first time in three weeks when they face the Arizona Diamondbacks Wednesday night in the third game of a four-game set at Miller Park.The Brewers took two of three from the Nationals July 4-6 in Washington, but have four straight since then. But theyve won two in a row for the first time since the Nationals series.A victory Wednesday would mark their first series victory against the Diamondbacks, who have taken five of the last six series and 14 of the last 25 games.To accomplish that task, the Brewers will hand the ball to their de facto ace, right-hander Jimmy Nelson.Nelson is still working to get over a midseason hiccup; he opened the year 5-3 with a 2.88 ERA in his first 11 starts but has gone 1-5 with a 4.21 ERA over his last nine.He showed signs of improvement in his first start after the All-Star break, spinning seven scoreless frames in a 9-1 victory at Cincinnati on July 16 but Nelson was his own worst enemy his last time out.He allowed a leadoff home run to Dexter Fowler and was charged with his third throwing error of the season in a 5-2 loss to the Cubs.Only two of Nelsons four runs were earned; they came on four hits and three walks over five innings of work.Defensively, he kind of made a couple of mistakes that hurt him, Brewers manager Craig Counsell said. But I thought his stuff was good. A leadoff homer to Fowler, but I think you make a couple more plays and you dont give up two runs.Nelson had thrown only 80 pitches when he gave way for a pinch-hitter.In a different circumstance, he certainly stays in that game and keeps going, Counsell said. I felt like just all game we had to take shots to score when we could.It will be his first career appearance against the Diamondbacks, who will send right-hander Archie Bradley to the mound for his 24th start of the season and is on an upswing of late, going 1-2 with a 3.18 ERA in his last three starts.Bradley allowed three runs in his last outing, a 6-2 loss to the Reds last Friday in Cincinnati. All three runs came in the first inning and Bradley scattered two hits and three walks -- one intentional -- over his final four innings of work.I think theres only one inning out of my last three starts where I went the whole inning out of the windup, Bradley said. 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RIO DE JANEIRO -- New 1,500-meter Olympic champion Faith Kipyegon sat at a podium not long after winning her first major title -- when she beat the world-record holder in the process -- and watched reporters fire questions about doping at the woman on her right.It was perhaps a hard introduction for the 22-year-old Kenyan and former junior champion, but welcome to track and field in 2016.Sitting to the right of her, Genzebe Dibaba of Ethiopia, the reigning world champion and record holder, promised reporters she was crystal clean, a commitment she was asked to make after her coach was arrested in Spain and held for three days in June on suspicion of supplying banned substances.The coach, Jama Aden, was released but remains under investigation and cannot leave Spain. Suspicion has moved over to athletes under his control.The rumors roaming around the world are deeply affecting me, said Dibaba, who won silver behind Kipyegon. I have communication with Jama. Its solely, purely and solely, training and execution and competition. And this [the rumors] adversely affected my performance, my psychology. Im completely and crystal clean from doping.Suspicion is reasonable in this middle-distance event after six of the top eight finishers in the 2012 Olympic final in London -- includiing gold medalist Asli Alptekin and silver medalist Gamze Bulut -- either were disqualified or are facing allegations of using performance-enhancing substances.dddddddddddd Some were caught years later.What will be said and written about this Rio de Janeiro race in years to come?Dibaba had been tested four, five, six times in the buildup to the Rio Olympics, she said, speaking through an interpreter.As for Aden, Dibaba said he is only under investigation and she had received no further information on his case from Spanish police. She would stand by her coach if he was cleared.Kipyegon, aware her country is under heavy scrutiny amid doping allegations, said she and Kenya were going by doping control rules.And Rio bronze medalist Jennifer Simpson, the first American woman to win an Olympic medal in the 1,500-meter event, was asked how she would react if her coach, or part of her close team, was investigated for doping.To me, personally, its important who I surround myself with in my life, Simpson said. And who I surround myself with are people Im proud to be affiliated with. And thats important for anyone. Who you are connected to says something. ' ' '