American silver medalist Raven Saunders revealed Wednesday her mother, Clarissa Saunders, had died. The shot-putter wrote on Twitter she was going to take time away from social media to deal with the tragic loss of her mother. CLICK HERE FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE ON FOXNEWS.COM"Hoping off social media for a while to take care of my mental and my family. "The IOC obviously extends its condolences to Raven and her family," IOC spokesman Mark Adams said. CLICK HERE TO GET THE FOX NEWS APPThe USOPC said: "We appreciate the empathy shown toward Raven by the IOC during this difficult time."

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