East Germany Olympic Team
Elaine Thompson-Herah, of Jamaica celebrates after winning the gold medal in the final of the women's 200-meter at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
You again! Thompson-Herah speeds to 2nd Olympic sprint sweep

By Eddie Pells Aug. 03, 2021 11:30 AM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 24, 1988, file photo, Jackie Joyner-Kersee of East St. Louis, Ill., makes her javelin throw during heptathlon competition at the Seoul Olympics in South Korea. (AP Photo/Lennox McLendon, File)
AP WAS THERE: 1988 Seoul Olympics

By The Associated Press Aug. 11, 2020 03:16 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 1988, file photo, South Korea's Park Si-hun, left, delivers a left jab to America's Roy Jones, and goes on to win the gold medal in the gold medal bout of the light middleweight division at the summer Olympics in Seoul, South Korea. (AP Photo/Ron Kutz, File)
Evictions, drugs, boxing rows: reliving '88 Games in Seoul

By Kim Tong-Hyung Aug. 11, 2020 03:12 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 19, 1980, file photo, an unidentified youth displays the flag of the United States during opening ceremonies at the Summer Olympic Games in Moscow, The United State did not attend the Olympics in Moscow but rather led a boycott in protest of Soviet intervention in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/File)
Cold War rivalries split the Olympics in Moscow in 1980

By James Ellingworth Aug. 09, 2020 12:22 PM EDT

Holdorf, 1964 Olympic decathlon champion, dies at 80

Jul. 06, 2020 12:18 PM EDT
BERLIN (AP) — Willi Holdorf, the 1964 Olympic decathlon champion, has died. He was 80. Holdorf died at home in northern Germany on Sunday...