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Chairs are numbered in the holding area for foreign visitors at the Narita International Airport on July 10, 2021, in Narita, near Tokyo. Japan’s massive security apparatus for the upcoming Summer Olympics is raising complaints that the nation, during the weeks of the Games, will look more like authoritarian North Korea or China than one of the world’s most powerful, vibrant democracies. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Japan's Olympic security balancing act leaves few satisfied

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FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 27, 2021, file photo, USA Gymnastics president and CEO Li Li Leung speaks during the Winter Cup gymnastics competition in Indianapolis. USA Gymnastics is in the midst of a top-to-bottom culture change following the Larry Nassar scandal. Leung believes the organization has made progress in terms of creating a more positive culture within the sport since taking over the embattled national governing body in 2019. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)

Too much, too soon? USA Gymnastics in midst of culture shift

By Will Graves
Jul. 15, 2021 05:35 PM EDT
Surfer Gabriel Medina of Brazil comes out of the water after working out on a Surf Ranch wave during practice rounds for the upcoming Olympics Wednesday, June 16, 2021, in Lemoore, Calif. This year, Medina and fellow Brazilian Italo Ferreira are expected to rule the men's competition at surfing's long-awaited debut as an Olympic sport in the Tokyo 2020 Games. While the surfing community has long pledged that the ocean is for everyone, a look at the professional ranks show a sport that remains expensive and inaccessible. A series of recent industry efforts to help groom the next generation outside of the usual hot spots of Hawaii, California and Australia look to be a tacit acknowledgement of the existing disparities among its talent bench. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

Olympic surfing: Can the exclusive sport become accessible?

By Sally Ho
Jul. 15, 2021 12:15 PM EDT
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People wearing protective masks to help curb the spread of the coronavirus ride bicycles near the Japan National Stadium, where opening ceremony and many other events are planned for the postponed Tokyo 2020 Olympics, Tuesday, April 6, 2021, in Tokyo. Many preparations are still up in the air as organizers try to figure out how to hold the postponed games in the middle of a pandemic. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

AP Photos: Things starting to stir at Tokyo Olympic venues

By Stephen Wade
Apr. 12, 2021 10:07 PM EDT
In this 1928 photo provided by the International Olympic Committee, the Olympic cauldron stands over the stadium in Amsterdam. The Olympic flame was introduced at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. The torch relay began eight years later ahead of the 1936 Berlin Games. (IOC via AP)

AP PHOTOS: Nearly 100 years of lighting the Olympic flame

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A journalist wearing a face mask to protect against the spread of the coronavirus looks at an exhibit at a visitors center at the Winter Olympic venues in Yanqing on the outskirts of Beijing, Friday, Feb. 5, 2021. Beijing Olympic organizers showed off the downhill skiing venue and the world's longest bobsled and luge track Friday, one year ahead of the scheduled opening of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

AP PHOTOS: Beijing Winter Olympics venues with 1 year to go

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A man and a woman walk past the Nippon Budokan arena, one of the venues planned to be used in the rescheduled Tokyo Olympics, in Tokyo on Thursday, Jan. 21, 2021. The postponed Tokyo Olympics are to open in just six months. Local organizers and the International Olympic Committee say they will go ahead on July 23. But it’s still unclear how this will happen with virus cases surging in Tokyo and elsewhere around the globe. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

AP PHOTOS: Postponed Tokyo Olympics to open in just 6 months

By Stephen Wade
Jan. 22, 2021 09:30 AM EST
Arianna Sacripante trains on her terrace in Monterotondo, near Rome, Friday, April 3, 2020. Arianna, an athlete of the Italian down syndrome synchronized swimming team, continues her training with only one goal in mind: the Olympic Games, whenever they will take place. Synchronized swimming is not yet a Paralympic sport and they are aiming at a non-competitive festival in Japan which is the routine showcase before becoming part of the official list. Arianna did not sound discouraged by the Tokyo 2020 postponement due to the lockdown for the COVID-19 and she is keeping on training hard at home twice a day with both gym and choreography. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

AP PHOTOS: Down syndrome synchro team aims for Paralympics

By Paolo Santalucia And Alessandra Tarantino
Apr. 12, 2020 09:04 AM EDT
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FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2020 file photo, Berlin's Jordan Torunarigha looks at the ball during the German soccer cup, DFB Pokal, match between FC Schalke 04 and Hertha BSC Berlin in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. Germany’s Olympic soccer team has walked off the field during a preparation match for the Tokyo Games in response to alleged racist abuse from an opposing Honduras player toward German defender Jordan Torunarigha. The German soccer federation says “the game had to be stopped five minutes before the end with the score at 1-1. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Germany cuts short Olympic warmup with allegations of racism

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WAKAYAMA, Japan (AP) — Germany’s Olympic soccer team walked off the field during a preparation match for the Tokyo Games on Saturday in response to alleged racist abuse from an

Chairs are numbered in the holding area for foreign visitors at the Narita International Airport on July 10, 2021, in Narita, near Tokyo. Japan’s massive security apparatus for the upcoming Summer Olympics is raising complaints that the nation, during the weeks of the Games, will look more like authoritarian North Korea or China than one of the world’s most powerful, vibrant democracies. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Japan's Olympic security balancing act leaves few satisfied

By Foster Klug And Mari Yamaguchi 11 hrs ago

TOKYO (AP) — Struggling businesses forced to temporarily shut down around Olympics venues. Olympic visitors ordered to install invasive apps and allow GPS tracking.

French Open champion Krejcikova reaches Prague final

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PRAGUE (AP) — French Open champion Barbora Krejcikova advanced to the final of the Prague Open by beating Xinyu Wang of China 6-1, 6-2 on Saturday.

FILE - Minnesota's Gable Steveson celebrates after defeating Michigan's Mason Parris in their 285-pound match in the finals of the NCAA wrestling championships in St. Louis, in this Saturday, March 20, 2021, file photo. The NCAA heavyweight champion is brimming with confidence heading into the biggest competition of his career. His stardom was seemingly planned from the beginning — his mother named him Gable Dan -- after amateur wrestling icon Dan Gable. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

US Olympian Gable Steveson chases gold, pro wrestling dreams

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Gable Steveson loves to put on a show -- during and after his biggest matches.