Olympic closing ceremonies
FILE - This Thursday, April 4, 2019 file photo shows a view of the San Siro stadium in Milan, Italy. The opening ceremony for the 2026 Winter Olympics will be held at the current San Siro stadium, Milan Mayor Giuseppe Sala announced Friday Oct. 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Antonio Calanni, File)
Milan mayor: 2026 ceremony will be held in old San Siro

Oct. 29, 2021 01:25 PM EDT

Sofia Goggia of Italy waits for the start of the first training prior the FIS Alpine Ski World Cup season in Soelden, Austria, Friday, Oct. 22, 2021. The Alpine Skiing World Cup season 2021/22 will be opened this weekend in Soelden, the traditional start of the FIS Ski World Cup. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP)
Goggia, Moioli to carry Italy's flag at Olympic ceremonies

Oct. 22, 2021 08:07 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2021, file photo, fireworks illuminate over National Stadium during the closing ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, in Tokyo. When the Tokyo Olympics began during a worsening pandemic, the majority of the host nation was in opposition, with Emperor Naruhito dropping the word “celebrating” from his opening declaration of welcome. But once the Games got underway and local media switched to covering Japanese athletes' “medal rush,” many were won over. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato, File)
Tokyo's Olympic fears give way to acceptance, to a point

By Mari Yamaguchi Aug. 11, 2021 09:16 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 14, 2021 file photo, Simone Biles walks to her gate for her flight to the Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo as United Airlines employees wave flags during a send-off event for the U.S. Women's Gymnastics team at the San Francisco International Airport. Biles and Naomi Osaka are prominent young Black women under the pressure of a global Olympic spotlight that few human beings ever face. But being a young Black woman -- which, in American life, comes with its own built-in pressure to perform -- entails much more than meets the eye. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Fewer medals, more heart for US at a most unusual Olympics

By Eddie Pells Aug. 08, 2021 09:50 PM EDT

Athletes arrive during the closing ceremony in the Olympic Stadium at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Mixed bag: Erratic Pandemic Olympics come to a nuanced end

By Ted Anthony Aug. 08, 2021 02:18 AM EDT

Players from the United States react after defeating Brazil to win the gold medal in women's volleyball at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein)
Olympic Latest: Bach declares Tokyo Olympics officially over

Aug. 07, 2021 08:30 PM EDT

FILE - In this June 8, 2021, file photo, a giant flag flies at the Eiffel Tower during a a test flight in Paris. A giant flag will be flown from the Eiffel Tower like this one on Sunday, Aug. 8, during the Tokyo Olympics closing ceremony that 2024 Paris Olympics organizers claim will be the biggest ever seen. (AP Photo/Lewis Joly, File)
Giant flag to fly from Eiffel Tower for 2024 Paris Olympics

Aug. 06, 2021 02:15 AM EDT

Stephenie Mcpherson, right, of Jamaica, reacts after winning a women's 400-meter semifinal as Allyson Felix, of the United States, looks on, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Olympic Latest: Canada wins 1st gold in women's soccer

Aug. 05, 2021 08:36 PM EDT

Lamont Marcell Jacobs of Italy celebrates after winning the final of the men's 100-meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (Cameron Spencer/Pool Photo via AP)
Jacobs to carry Italy's flag at closing ceremony of Olympics

Aug. 05, 2021 01:43 AM EDT

A woman with her dog walks past the Olympic rings in Tokyo, Tuesday, April 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Athlete protests remain banned at Tokyo Olympics, IOC says

Apr. 21, 2021 04:10 PM EDT

A man and a woman stand with a backdrop of the Olympic rings floating in the water in the Odaiba section Thursday, March 18, 2021, in Tokyo. Tokyo Olympics creative director Hiroshi Sasaki is resigning after making demeaning comments about Naomi Watanabe, a well-known female celebrity. Sasaki who was in charge of the opening and closing ceremonies for the Olympics, told planning staff members last year that Watanabe could perform in the ceremony as an “Olympig.” (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Tokyo Olympics: Yet another scandal over sexist comments

By Stephen Wade And Yuri Kageyama Mar. 17, 2021 09:19 PM EDT

Kathleen Heddle, Canadian Olympic rowing champ, dies at 55

Jan. 14, 2021 11:59 AM EST
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (AP) — Kathleen Heddle, a three-time Olympic rowing champion for Canada, has died. She was 55. She died Monday...

FILE - In this Aug. 21, 2016, file photo, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appears as the Nintendo game character Super Mario during the closing ceremony at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Abe was a star of the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics, parading before a 70,000 sellout at the Maracana stadium as Nintendo game character Super Mario. It was Abe's humorous invitation to the next Olympics in Tokyo. (Yu Nakajima/Kyodo News via AP, File)
Shinzo Abe -- aka 'Super Mario' -- loses out on Olympics

By Stephen Wade Aug. 28, 2020 08:49 AM EDT

FILE - In this Aug. 12, 1984, file photo, American singer Lionel Ritchie performs during the closing ceremony of the Summer Olympics Games in Los Angeles, (AP Photo/File)
All Night Long: Lionel Richie recalls closing 1984 Olympics

By Tim Dahlberg Aug. 10, 2020 02:30 PM EDT

FILE - This 1900 file photo shows the eastern part of a busy boulevard in Paris, France in the year 1900. No opening ceremony. No closing ceremony. And many of the athletes at the 1900 Paris Games had no idea they even competed at the Olympics. But the second edition of the Olympics had female athletes competing for the first time. (AP Photo/File)
Paris hosts 1900 Olympics, even though many didn't know it

By Chris Lehourites Jul. 23, 2020 03:09 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 16, 2020, file photo, Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Yoshiro Mori, left, speaks in teleconference with John Coates, chairman of the IOC's Coordination Commission for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, in Tokyo. The Tokyo Olympics were postponed a month ago. But there are still more questions than answers about the new opening on July 23, 2021 and what form those games will take.(Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool Photo via AP, File)
AOC's John Coates: Tokyo could be the greatest Olympics ever

May. 08, 2020 11:19 PM EDT

Tokyo Olympic opening ceremony rescheduled for July 23, 2021; closing ceremony on Aug. 8

Mar. 30, 2020 07:48 AM EDT
TOKYO (AP) — Tokyo Olympic opening ceremony rescheduled for July 23, 2021; closing ceremony on Aug. 8. ...

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Yoshiro Mori, center at rear, speaks during the first meeting of the “Tokyo 2020 New Launch Task Force" in Tokyo, Thursday, March 26, 2020, two days after the unprecedented postponement was announced due to the spreading coronavirus. The new Tokyo Olympics need dates for the opening and closing ceremony in 2021. Nothing moves until this is worked out by the International Olympic Committee, the Japanese government, and Tokyo organizers.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Tokyo Olympics: Looking for a new date for opening, closing

By Stephen Wade Mar. 26, 2020 05:36 AM EDT