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WASHINGTON -- Tyrell Jenkins had recently been able to succeed despite his high number of walks.Sunday, he wasnt so lucky.Jenkins walked three batters in 4 2/3 innings, Atlantas bats were quiet as Tanner Roark won his fourth straight start and the Washington Nationals defeated the Braves 9-1.The Atlanta rookie right-hander has now walked 30 and struck out 21 in 46 innings. He had allowed just two earned runs in his last three starts before facing the Nationals.You cant go out and give free passes to these guys, Braves interim manager Brian Snitker said. Its a really good offensive ballclub and youve got to make them earn everything they get. You cant put extra guys on base or itll bite you, and it did.Jenkins (2-3) had settled in after three-run first and the Braves trailed 3-1 when Roark walked leading off fifth.Obviously I wasnt trying to walk him, Jenkins said. Once that happened it kind of went downhill from there. That cant happen and its something Ive got to work on.Bryce Harper walked later in the inning, followed by Wilson Ramos sacrifice fly and Anthony Rendons three-run homer to break it open, ending Jenkins day.Jenkins gave up seven runs on six hits.Erick Aybar drove in Atlantas lone run. Freddie Freeman had two hits.The Braves had runners on first and third with one out in the first, but Ender Inciarte was thrown out at home on a grounder back to Roark.You cant get behind and come back every day, Snitker said. That first inning . you kind of like to go out there and stay competitive in this game, and make their guy work a little harder.Harper hit an RBI double in his return to the lineup. Rendon drove in four runs and Chris Heisey added a solo home run.Harper had missed five straight games with a neck injury. The reigning NL MVP was set to sit out another, too, and wasnt in the original lineup -- the Nationals issued a revised lineup 90 minutes before the scheduled start and Harper was in right field..Harper finished 1 for 3 with a walk and scored twice, a day after general manager Mike Rizzo said results of an MRI on Harpers neck came back clean.Roark (13-6) allowed one run over seven innings.Washington took two of three from Atlanta, which closed its three-city, 10-game road trip 5-5.We had a lot of opportunities to win a couple more games than we did, outfielder Matt Kemp said of the trip, but we came up short.Trea Turner, who came up a double short for the cycle in Saturdays 7-6 win, led off with a two-base hit and scored on Ben Reveres single. Revere took second on a throwing error.Harper doubled and later scored on Rendons sacrifice fly for a 3-0 lead.The three runs were one more than Jenkins allowed in his previous 18 innings over three starts.Roark improved to 4-0 with a 1.65 ERA over his last four starts. He has pitched at least seven innings in eight of his last 10 starts.STREAKINGInciarte has now reached base safely in a career-best 25 straight games. During the streak hes hitting .354 (35 for 99) with 18 runs scored.TRAINERS ROOMBraves: RHP Julio Teheran (right lat strain) allowed one earned run over five innings in a rehab start at Triple-A Gwinnett on Sunday.UP NEXTBraves: Atlanta returns home for a two-game set with Minnesota starting Tuesday. Joel De La Cruz (0-5, 4.09) opens the series against fellow right-hander Ervin Santana (5-9, 3.62).Kohl Stewart Jersey . Aaron Harrison scored a 22 points for Kentucky (6-1), which has won four in a row following a Nov. 12 loss to current No. 1 Michigan State. 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The giant slalom world champion slipped during her first run in the morning, landing on her back and then twisting forward before getting her leg caught in the protective material on the side of the slope.RIO DE JANEIRO -- At the 2012 London Paralympics, athletes competed in venues full of spectators who cheered from the first event to the last. Lines for tickets extended out the doors.Everybody in the crowd was legitimately excited, said U.S. swimmer Brad Snyder, who won two gold medals in London. It wasnt production. It wasnt any magic.London set a new standard for Paralympic attendance and organization. Four years later, concerns over budget problems and slow ticket sales have plagued the Rio Games. The athletes who will march in Wednesday nights opening ceremony at historic Maracana Stadium said their performances wont be affected, and they hope the new, higher profile of the Paralympics wont be either.We want progress, Snyder said. We want to say that weve taken a step forward.Rio Paralympics organizers have seen an uptick in ticket sales in recent days, announcing Tuesday that 1.6 million tickets have been sold. Yet concerns about budget and lags in preparation linger. On Tuesday, workers still were paving parts of the plaza around the Olympic Tennis Centre in Rios Olympic Park.I dont want the movement to plateau or become stagnant, said U.S. wheelchair basketball player Desiree Miller, who also competed in London. I want it to catch fire after Rio so by the time Tokyo comes around theres not a person in the States or a person in the world that doesnt know who a Paralympian is.Organizers in London, in the country that gave birth to the Paralympics after World War II, sold a record 2.7 million tickets. Miller said that during the 2012 Games, people on the streets of London knew who she was and what sport she played.The spotlight followed her home to Wisconsin. Customers recognize her at the sporting goods store where she works.Theyll use the word Paralympian, Miller said. Just for the public to use that word is huge -- that people know the difference.NBC, which broadcast six hours of coverage from the London Paralympics, is planning more than 70 hours of coverage on NBC, NBCSN and the NBC Sports app.We see how much work were putting into it, but its nice for the rest of the world to see, Irish cyclist Peter Ryan said.ddddddddddddSnyder said that if people tune in to the games and fans havent shown up to watch an event live, they might be more likely to change the channel.Londons ticket sales surpassed the 2008 Beijing Games by almost 1 million.When it was revealed in mid-August that only 300,000 tickets of the available 2.5 million for the Rio Games had been purchased, Greg Nugent, the brand, marketing and culture director for London 2012, launched an online crowdfunding campaign to raise money to send Brazilian children to the competition.As of Tuesday, $200,000 has been donated, according to a post on the campaign site. American wheelchair racer Tatyana McFadden, Coldplay and Prince Harry have been among the donors.For (kids) to see, `Theyre in wheelchairs and they can do this. Or, they dont have a leg and they do this, then I guess I can, too, said Abby Dunkin, who is on the U.S. wheelchair basketball team in Rio. Its more than just playing our game. Its more about the movement and educating everyone outside.Canadian rower Andrew Todd said that while the Paralympics initially focused on participation, the event has shifted to have a stronger competitive spirit.The lay persons perspective of Paralympics is, `Oh its great that people swim. Thats neat, Snyder said. When you actually see it, you see how intense these athletes are. When you see how much a person with no legs can bench press or squat, it really is quite impressive.Weve known all along the power of the Paralympic movement, but London was the first time it got shown to the community in a really big way, not only from a production standpoint, from a spectator standpoint.---Emily Giambalvo is a journalism student at the University of Georgia. Penn State and Georgia are partnering with The Associated Press to supplement coverage of the 2016 Paralympics. ' ' '