FILE - This June 2, 2011 file photo shows Mark Woodworth during hearing in Columbia, Mo. A Missouri judge ordered Woodworth freed on bond Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 while he awaits his third trial in the 1990 fatal shooting of a neighbor in her rural Missouri home. Woodworth, 38, has been serving a life sentence in the fatal shooting of Cathy Robertson. (AP Photo/Kelley McCall, File)
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FILE - This June 2, 2011 file photo shows Mark Woodworth during hearing in Columbia, Mo. A Missouri judge ordered Woodworth freed on bond Friday, Feb. 15, 2013 while he awaits his third trial in the 1990 fatal shooting of a neighbor in her rural Missouri home. Woodworth, 38, has been serving a life sentence in the fatal shooting of Cathy Robertson. (AP Photo/Kelley McCall, File)
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President Barack Obama returns to his hometown of Chicago, pointing to communities with too few fathers involved in children's lives and too few examples of success. He says he wishes he had a father around growing up. (Feb. 15)
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Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., center, takes a reporter's question as a bipartisan group of leading senators announce that they have reached agreement on the principles of sweeping legislation to rewrite the nation's immigration laws, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. From left are Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., and Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla. The deal covers border security, guest workers and employer verification, as well as a path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants already in this country. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., left, and Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., right, confer as they and other leading senators announce that they have reached agreement on the principles of sweeping legislation to rewrite the nation's immigration laws, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. The deal covers border security, guest workers and employer verification, as well as a path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants already in this country. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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Rep. Joe Garcia, D-Fla, states his support for immigrants and pledges to work in favor of immigration reform to reporters as immigration reform activists protest in front of Freedom Tower in downtown Miami, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. The Florida Immigrant Coalition, together with other immigrant families and community organizations, have initiated the "Di Que Si!" campaign, which translates into English "Say yes!," demanding immigration reform that creates a system that keeps families united. Activists and immigrants also asked for the suspension of deportations as lawmakers work on immigration reform, and announced they will join a national mobilization in favor of immigration reform in Washington D.C. on April 10. (AP Photo/Alan Diaz)
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Press Secretary Jay Carney briefs reporters at the White House in Washington, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. (AP Photo/Charles Dharapak)
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A bipartisan group of leading senators announce that they have reached agreement on the principles of sweeping legislation to rewrite the nation's immigration laws, during a news conference at the Capitol in Washington, Monday, Jan. 28, 2013. From left are Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., and Sen. Robert Menendez, D-N.J. The deal covers border security, guest workers and employer verification, as well as a path to citizenship for the 11 million illegal immigrants already in this country. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)
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FILE - In this Oct. 5, 2011 file photo, Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Fla., speaks at the Newseum in Washington. In an opinion piece published Sunday Jan. 27, 2013 in the Las Vegas Review-Journal, Rubio wrote that the existing system amounts to "de facto amnesty," and he called for "commonsense reform." (AP Photo/Haraz N. Ghanbari, File)
FISA drops proposal for new women's Olympic event
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — A proposal to add women's lightweight single sculls to the Olympics has failed to gain approval from rowing's governing body.
Rowing federation FISA says the Canadian proposal was withdrawn at the federation's congress in Copenhagen over the weekend.
There are currently six women's events on the Olympic program, with eight for men.
Meanwhile, the congress approved the reintroduction of the women's four event for the world championships. The event had been removed after the 2011 worlds.
The congress also rejected a proposal to eliminate the men's coxed pair event.
FISA President Denis Oswald, who has held the position for 24 years, announced he would seek re-election at the next congress on Sept. 2 for a "transitional" period of six to eight months. The Swiss official had previously indicated he would step down then.
National federations were asked to nominate possible candidates for Oswald's successor by June 2. The vote will be held on Sept. 2 in Chungju, South Korea, at the world championships.
Oswald, who is also an IOC member, has said he is considering running to succeed Jacques Rogge as IOC president. The IOC election will be held Sept. 10 in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
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