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Olympic hopeful Maggie Montoya is shown as she trains with fellow runners at a park on the east side of Boulder, Colo., Friday, April 9, 2021. The Olympic hopeful was working in the pharmacy at the King Soopers supermarket in Colorado on March 22 when 10 people were killed in the mass shooting. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

'Thought that was it': Runner recalls Boulder store shooting

By Pat Graham
Apr. 12, 2021 03:05 PM EDT
Leah Smith competes in the women's 200-meter final at the TYR Pro Swim Series swim meet Friday, April 9, 2021, in Mission Viejo, Calif. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

Chasing Ledecky: Leah Smith keeps coming after US star

By Beth Harris
Apr. 10, 2021 02:53 AM EDT
In this photo provided by Sail GP are Nina Curtis, left, and Lisa Darmanin, right, posing with helmsman and CEO Tom Slingsby at Sydney Harbour Wednesday, April 7, 2021, in Australia. Four years ago, the closest Australian Olympic sailing medalists Darmanin and Curtis could get to the America's Cup was by taking jobs in a hospitality lounge on site in Bermuda. They'll be back in Bermuda in just a few days, this time with the defending champion Australian team in SailGP as part of a developmental program designed to fast-track the inclusion of women into the global league. (SailGP via AP)

Darmanin, Curtis chosen to try to make Aussie SailGP team

By Bernie Wilson
Apr. 07, 2021 07:17 PM EDT
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FILE - In this March 19, 2021, file photo, people take pictures of the Olympic rings installed by the Japan Olympic Museum in Tokyo. The vaccine rollout in Japan has been very slow with less than 1% vaccinated. This of course is spilling over to concerns about the postponed Tokyo Olympics that open in just over three months.(AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

Will Japanese Olympians be vaccinated ahead of the public?

By Stephen Wade 5 hrs ago

TOKYO (AP) — The vaccine rollout in Japan has been very slow with less than 1% vaccinated, causing concern about the postponed Tokyo Olympics that are scheduled to open in just

Van Aert, Vos sprint to classics win at Amstel Gold Race

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VALKENBURG, Netherlands (AP) — Wout van Aert beat Tom Pidcock in a photo finish at the Amstel Gold Race on Sunday, while Marianne Vos accelerated away from Demi Vollering and A

Dani Stevens competes in the women's discus at the Australian Track and Field Championships in Sydney, Sunday, April 18, 2021. Former world champion Stevens has been selected to the Australian team for her fourth Olympics less than a year after fearing she'd miss the Tokyo Games because of a career-threatening neck injury. (Dean Lewins/AAP Image via AP)

No masks, no worries — for now; Aussies preparing for Tokyo

By John Pye Apr. 18, 2021 06:37 AM EDT

SYDNEY (AP) — No masks. No worries. For now.

Seiko Hashimoto, the head of the Tokyo Olympics speaks during a press conference in Tokyo, Friday, April 16, 2021. Tokyo Olympic organizers are again being forced to assure the world that the postponed games will open in just over three months despite surging COVID-19 cases in Japan.(Kyodo News via AP)

Column: The Tokyo Olympics will go on, but in name only

By Paul Newberry Apr. 16, 2021 04:43 PM EDT

In 1964, less than two decades removed from World War II, Japan used the Summer Olympics to showcase its astonishing recovery from a horrific defeat.