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FILE - Mariya Lasitskene, of Russian Olympic Committee, reacts after winning the women's high jump final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, in Tokyo. Track and field leaders signaled Thursday, March 23, 2023, that it will be nearly impossible for Russian and Belarusian athletes to compete at the Paris Olympics next year if the war in Ukraine continues.(AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, File)
UN expert advising IOC gives views on Russians at Olympics

By Graham Dunbar Mar. 27, 2023 06:43 AM EDT

Lasha Talakhadze of Georgia competes in the men's +109kg weightlifting event, at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Talakhadze breaks weightlifting records, Syria wins medal

By James Ellingworth Aug. 04, 2021 10:16 AM EDT

Wojciech Nowicki, of Poland, competes in the final of the men's hammer throw at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, Aug. 4, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Olympics Latest: World champ Dutch out in women's handball

Aug. 03, 2021 07:59 PM EDT

Iran's Nahid Kiyani, front, attacks Kimia Alizadeh, of the Refugee Olympic Team, during the women's 57kg match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, July 25, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
EXPLAINER: How team of refugee athletes made it to Olympics

By James Ellingworth Jul. 25, 2021 03:17 AM EDT

Athletics compete during women's table tennis singles preliminary round matches at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)
ITF Georgia 03A, Women Singles

Jul. 23, 2021 08:55 PM EDT

Syrian refugee Ibrahim al-Hussein, an amputee swimmer who lost his leg during the war in Syria, swims during a training at the Olympic Aquatic Centre, in Athens, on Wednesday , June 30, 2021. Ibrahim al-Hussein will be part of a Refugee Paralympic Team for the Tokyo 2020 Paralympic Games as the International Paralympic Committee announce Wednesday. (AP Photo/Petros Giannakouris)
Syrian refugee swimmer makes his mark at the Paralympics

By Theodora Tongas And James Ellingworth Jul. 14, 2021 07:12 AM EDT

People walk near the Olympic Rings Wednesday, June 2, 2021, in Tokyo. Roads are being closed off around Tokyo Olympic venues including the new $1.4 billion National Stadium where the opening ceremony is set for July 23. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Refugee team of 29 athletes picked for Tokyo Olympics

By Graham Dunbar Jun. 08, 2021 07:58 AM EDT

Member of Hevra Kadisha, an organization which prepares bodies of deceased Jews for burial according to Jewish tradition, waits during a funeral of a Jewish man who died from coronavirus in the costal city of Ashkelon, Israel, Thursday, April 2, 2020. (AP Photo/Tsafrir Abayov)
Iran parliament speaker, Israeli health minister have virus

By Amir Vahdat And Ilan Ben Zion Apr. 02, 2020 03:12 PM EDT