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The Latest: Saudi Arabia sends 4 female athletes to Rio

Workers inspect a set of Olympic Rings that are scheduled to be installed inside Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, July 30, 2016. The 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games are scheduled to open Aug. 5. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)
Workers inspect a set of Olympic Rings that are scheduled to be installed inside Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, July 30, 2016. The 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games are scheduled to open Aug. 5. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – The Latest on the Rio Games (all times local to Rio de Janeiro):

1:00 p.m.

Saudi Arabia will send four female athletes to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, doubling its female participation after two women took part in the 2012 London Games for the first time.

Two of the athletes will participate in track and field, one in judo and one in fencing, Hosam al-Qurashi, executive director of the Saudi Olympic Committee, told The Associated Press on Sunday.

Among the four is Sarah Attar, who was the first woman from Saudi Arabia to compete in Olympic track and field in 2012.