2000 Sydney Olympic Games
FILE - Australian Olympic team chef de mission for the Tokyo Olympics Ian Chesterman speaks at a ceremony to mark 100 days before the Tokyo Olympics begin, in Sydney on April 14, 2021. Chesterman has moved up from vice president to president in voting Saturday, April 30, 2022 to replace departing Australian Olympic Committee chief John Coates. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
Chesterman elected president of Australian Olympic Committee

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FILE - The mascot for the 1996 Summer Olympic Game, Whatizit, joins dancers on the stage during the closing ceremonies for the XXV Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Aug. 9, 1992. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher)
Olympic mascots: Creative, cartoonish, at times contentious

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FILE- Ben Johnson of Canada leads the pack as they churn to the finish of the Olympics 100-meter final, Sept. 24, 1988, in Seoul. Johnson appeared to have won the race in world record time, but he tested positive for an anabolic steroid and had his gold medal taken away. It went to American Carl Lewis instead. (AP Photo/Herbert Knosowski, File)
Johnson, Jones highlight most infamous Olympic doping cases

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Former Olympic gymnastic champion dies after COVID infection

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BUDAPEST, Hungary (AP) — Former Olympic gymnastics champion Szilveszter Csollany died Monday at the age of 51 after spending weeks hospitalized with COVID-19,...

Former South African swimmer says he was abused by coach

Oct. 14, 2021 08:45 PM EDT
SYDNEY (AP) — A former world-ranked South African swimmer has told an Australian television network that he was abused by a coach who has been implicated in...

Yulimar Rojas, of Venezuela, competes in the final of the women's triple jump at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Olympics Latest: Belarus runner says team forcing departure

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Runners compete in a heat of the 4 x 400-meter mixed relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Olympics Latest: US mixed relay team reinstated after appeal

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Australia's goalkeeper Thomas Glover fails to stop a Spain's first goal by Mikel Oyarzabal during a men's soccer match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Sapporo, Sapporo, Japan. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
Oyarzabal key for Spain at Olympics, just like at Euro 2020

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Loa Dika Toua of Papa New Guinea prepares to compete in the women's 49kg weightlifting event, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
1st woman in Olympic weightlifting still raising the bar

By James Ellingworth Jul. 24, 2021 01:44 AM EDT

People gather Wednesday, July 21 , 2021, in Brisbane, Australia, for the announcement by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) on 2032 Summer Olympics bid. The Australian city was the inevitable winner of a one-candidate race steered by the IOC to avoid rival bids. (Jason O'Brien/AAP Image via AP)
Tokyo, Paris, LA, Brisbane -- 2032 Olympics go to Australia

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President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach announces Brisbane as the 2032 Summer Olympics host city during the 138th IOC Session at Hotel Okura in Tokyo, Wednesday, July 21, 2021. (Toru Hanai/Pool Photo via AP)
Brisbane picked to host 2032 Olympics without a rival bid

By Graham Dunbar Jul. 21, 2021 04:34 AM EDT

Oregon State guard Aleah Goodman, left, passes around South Carolina forward Aliyah Boston, right, during the second half of a college basketball game in the second round of the women's NCAA tournament at the Alamodome in San Antonio, Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Sweet 16 coaches Staley and Fortner share Olympic bond

By Jim Vertuno Mar. 27, 2021 10:52 AM EDT

FILE - In this file photo dated Sunday, Feb. 28 2010, Hege Riise, from Norway, assistant coach of the United States Women's Soccer team, watches the players during a training session, in Guia, southern Portugal. Hege Riise will temporarily take over as coach of the England women’s national soccer team following Phil Neville’s departure. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, FILE)
Riise to coach British women's soccer team at Tokyo 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 Feb. 24, 2021 01:42 PM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 3, 2001, file photo, Australian swimming head coach Don Talbot, second from right, is thrown into the pool by swimmers Geoff Huegill, left, Grant Hackett, second from left, and Brett Hawke, right, following Australia's win over the World All-Stars at the Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia. Talbot, the foundation director of the Australian Institute of Sport and one of the country’s greatest coaches, has died according to a statement by the Sport Australia Hall of Fame released on Wednesday, Nov. 4, 2020 . He was 87. (AP Photo/Steve Holland)
Don Talbot, Australia's swim coaching great, dies at 87

By John Pye Nov. 03, 2020 08:31 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2013, file photo, John Fahey, president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), speaks during a news conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. Fahey, a former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency and a key player in getting the 2000 Summer Olympics for Sydney, has died. He was 75. New South Wales state government officials on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, confirmed Fahey's death. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)
Former World Anti-Doping Agency chief John Fahey dies at 75

By Dennis Passa Sep. 11, 2020 10:14 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2000, file photo, Australian Olympic athlete Cathy Freeman ignites the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony for the Summer Olympics at Olympic Stadium in Sydney. Freeman ignited the cauldron to open the first games of the millennium and lit up Sydney Olympic Stadium 10 nights later by winning an era-defining gold medal for Australia. (AP Photo/Victoria Arocho, File)
Freeman lights up Sydney Olympics to kick off new millennium

By John Pye Aug. 14, 2020 06:18 PM EDT

FILE - In this Sept. 25, 2000, file photo, Australia's Cathy Freeman celebrates winning the women's 400 meter race at the Summer Olympics at Olympic Stadium in Sydney. Freeman ignited the Olympic flame to open the Sydney 2000 Games and returned 10 nights later to win a gold medal in the 400 meters that had been a long time in waiting for country. She was the first Aboriginal person from Australia to win an individual Olympic gold. And she celebrated in a bare-foot victory lap with an Australian flag and the red, black and yellow Australian Aboriginal flag together in her hand. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle, File)
Freeman's legacy endures long after Sydney's flame went out

By John Pye Aug. 14, 2020 06:15 PM EDT

FILE - In this Oct. 25, 2014, file photo, Rulon Gardner's medals are shown at an auctioneer's warehouse in Salt Lake City, Utah. An Olympic Channel documentary debuting Wednesday, July 22, 2020, chronicles the highs and lows of Rulon Gardner in the 20 years since his stunning gold-medal victory in the 2000 Olympics. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer, File)
Film tracks Rulon Gardner's highs, lows in years since gold

By Eric Olson Jul. 18, 2020 02:22 AM EDT

Syracuse's Tiana Mangakahia makes Australian national team

Jul. 14, 2020 05:41 PM EDT
SYRACUSE, N.Y. (AP) — Syracuse guard Tiana Mangakahia has been picked for the Australian women's national team. “I just feel honored for...