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FILE - In this March 3, 2012, file photo, gymnastics coach John Geddert is seen at the American Cup gymnastics meet at Madison Square Garden in New York. Prosecutors in Michigan filed charges Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021, against Geddert, a former U.S. Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to disgraced sports doctor Larry Nassar. Geddert was head coach of the 2012 U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics team, which won a gold medal. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens, File)
Ex-US Olympics gymnastics coach with ties to Nassar charged
By Anna Liz Nichols And Ed White
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Ex-US Olympics gymnastics coach John Geddert charged in Michigan in investigation tied to Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal
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LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Ex-US Olympics gymnastics coach John Geddert charged in Michigan in investigation tied to Larry Nassar sex abuse scandal. ...
FILE - In this Sunday, June 30, 2019 file photo, South Africa's Caster Semenya smiles after winning the women's 800-meter race during the Prefontaine Classic, an IAAF Diamond League athletics meeting, in Stanford, Calif. USA. Caster Semenya's lawyer said Tuesday Nov. 17, 2020, they will take her case against the world track and field federation to the European Court of Human Rights in what's likely to be a last-ditch legal challenge against regulations that require the South African and some other female athletes to artificially lower their natural testosterone levels to compete. (AP Photo/Jeff Chiu, File)
Semenya taking case to European Court of Human Rights
By Gerald Imray
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Queensland Premier Annastacia Palaszczuk, left, and AOC President John Coates attend a media conference following news Queensland's bid to host the 2032 Olympics was elevated to preferred bid by the IOC in Brisbane, Australia, Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. An Australian push to host the 2032 Olympics was elevated overnight to the status of preferred bid, and the people of Brisbane and southeast Queensland state woke up to the news. (Darren England/AAP Image via AP)
Brisbane already preparing for 2032 Olympics
By John Pye
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Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto speaks to media after a video conference with the IOC executive board on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in Tokyo. Hashimoto, a former Olympics minister and seven time Olympian, was recently appointed the Tokyo 2020 president after her predecessor Yoshiro Mori quit following a backlash over sexist comments he made at an earlier meeting. (Takashi Aoyama/Pool Photo via AP)
Tokyo Olympic torch relay plans to kick off in one month
By Stephen Wade
15 hrs ago
FILE - In this Saturday, Feb. 23, 2019 file photo, Roderick Townsend performs in the men's long jump final at the USA Track & Field Indoor Championships, in New York. NBC will air coverage of the Paralympics for the first time in primetime later this summer when the Summer Paralympic Games take place in Tokyo. NBCUniversal announced on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021 that 1,200 hours of programming will air across NBC's linear and digital channels. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez, File)
NBC to air Paralympic coverage in prime time for first time
By Joe Reedy
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FILE - In this Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2016 file photo, Nijat Rahimov, of Kazakhstan, sets a world record with a lift of 214kg during the men's 77kg weightlifting competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Rahimov has been charged with swapping his urine samples in a doping case that could threaten his gold medal. The International Testing Agency says it charged Rahimov with “an anti-doping rule violation for ‘Urine Substitution’ which would have occurred over a period of time in 2016.” It is unclear if the allegations span the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Rahimov took gold with a world record lift in the men’s 77-kilogram class. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)
Weightlifting risks being dropped from 2024 Paris Olympics
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FILE - In this Saturday, May 4, 2019 file photo, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, left, shakes hands with Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates at the AOC annual general meeting in Sydney, Australia. The Australian Olympic bid is on a fast-track to host the 2032 Olympics Wednesday Feb. 24, 2021, after the International Olympic Committee executive board gave Queensland “preferred bidder” status, 11 years ahead of the games.(AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)
Australian bid put on IOC fast track to host 2032 Olympics
By Graham Dunbar
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AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press
Feb. 24, 2021 10:01 AM EST
Feb. 25 1940 — The first telecast of an American hockey game is transmitted over station W2XBS in New York. The viewing audience watches...
Chellsie Memmel works out Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021, in New Berlin, Wis. Memmel, the 2005 gymnastics world champion and an Olympic silver medalist, is attempting to return to competition following a nearly decade-long break. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)
Chellsie's Chase; Olympian Memmel's comeback turning serious
By Will Graves
Feb. 23, 2021 04:08 PM EST
Efrain Álvarez on US, Mexico rosters for Olympic qualifying
Feb. 23, 2021 01:21 PM EST
MIAMI (AP) — Los Angeles Galaxy midfielder Efrain Álvarez is on the 48-man preliminary roster for both the United States and Mexico for the Olympic men’s...
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press
Feb. 23, 2021 10:01 AM EST
Feb. 24 1960 — Bill Cleary’s four goals lead the United States to a 9-1 victory over West Germany in the hockey championship round of the...
United States' Mikaela Shiffrin waits prior to the start of a women's giant slalom, at the alpine ski World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
Clutch hitter: Shiffrin doesn't miss when medals are on line
By Andrew Dampf
Feb. 22, 2021 10:23 AM EST
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press
Feb. 22, 2021 10:01 AM EST
Feb. 23 1938 — Joe Louis knocks out Nathan Mann in the third round to defend his world heavyweight title at Madison Square Garden in New...
FILE - In this Thursday, Oct. 29, 2015 file photo, Kuwait's Sheikh Ahmad Al-Fahad Al-Ahmed Al-Sabah, president of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), speaks during a meeting of the Association of National Olympic Committees, in Washington. Olympic powerbroker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah will go on trial in Switzerland this month accused of forgery in a case linked to political rivalry in Kuwait’s royal family. Lawyers for the sheikh say he will attend the hearing listed by a criminal court in Geneva to run from Feb. 22-26, 2021. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, file)
Trial of Olympic sheikh on forgery charge pushed back
By Graham Dunbar
Feb. 22, 2021 07:59 AM EST
Rower Gevvie Stone poses for a photo at Lady Bird Lake ahead of the upcoming U.S. Olympic rowing trials, Friday, Feb. 12, 2021, in Austin, Texas. The 35-year-old, two-time Olympian and 2016 silver medalist in women's single sculls will be rowing for a return to the Olympics starting Monday, Feb. 20 when the U.S. trials begin in Sarasota, Fla. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Rower Stone pursuing Olympics that delayed medical career
By Jim Vertuno
Feb. 21, 2021 10:05 AM EST
AP Sportlight
By The Associated Press
Feb. 21, 2021 10:01 AM EST
Feb. 22 1936 — Figure skater Sonja Henie wins her 10th straight world championship. 1959 — Lee Petty, driving an...
FILE - Washington Wizards guard Isaiah Thomas (4) stands during the National Anthem prior to an NBA basketball game against the Atlanta Hawks in Atlanta, in this Sunday, Jan. 26, 2020, file photo. Two-time NBA All-Star Isaiah Thomas hopes playing this weekend with USA Basketball in FIBA AmeriCup qualifying in Puerto Rico gives an NBA club reason to sign him. (AP Photo/Todd Kirkland, File)
USA Basketball ends AmeriCup prelims 6-0, tops Mexico 96-75
Feb. 20, 2021 07:15 PM EST
United States' Mikaela Shiffrin shows her bronze medal of the women's slalom, at the alpine ski World Championships in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Saturday, Feb. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta)
A 'huge resounding' success: Shiffrin medals in all 4 events
By Andrew Dampf
Feb. 20, 2021 01:23 PM EST
FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2019 file photo Olympic Rings and a model of Misha the Bear Cub, the mascot of the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games, left, are seen in the yard of Russian Olympic Committee building in Moscow, Russia. In the report detailing its decision to shorten Russia's ban from the Olympics, the highest court in sports blasted that country's leaders for engaging in “a cover up of the cover-up” in a desperate attempt to deny their culpability, but reduced the punishment nonetheless, Wednesday, Jan. 13, 2021. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, file)
Russia's team name, flag agreed on for next 2 Olympics
By Graham Dunbar
Feb. 19, 2021 01:05 PM EST