Oleg Verniaiev
FILE - Ukraine's Oleg Verniaiev celebrates after winning gold in the parallel bars during the artistic gymnastics men's apparatus final at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 16, 2016. The doping ban which caused Olympic gymnastics champion Oleg Verniaiev to miss the Tokyo Games was halved at the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Tuesday March 14, 2023, and freed him to compete immediately. (AP Photo/Dmitri Lovetsky, File)
Ukrainian Olympic gymnast Verniaiev's doping ban halved

Mar. 14, 2023 12:25 PM EDT

FILE - In this file photo dated Friday, Oct. 11, 2019, Oleg Verniaiev of Ukraine celebrates after his performance on the horizontal bar in the men's all-around final at the Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. Olympic champion gymnast Oleg Verniaiev will miss the Tokyo Games after testing positive for a prohibited drug and banned for four-years Tuesday July 13, 2021, by the Gymnastics Ethics Foundation. Verniaiev denies wrongdoing and says he will appeal the ruling. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, FILE)
Gymnast Oleg Verniaiev out of Olympics after doping ban

Jul. 13, 2021 04:26 AM EDT

Sunisa Lee competes on the floor exercise during the U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Friday, June 4, 2021, in Fort Worth, Texas. (AP Photo/Tony Gutierrez)
American star Simone Biles aims for more history in Tokyo

By The Associated Press Jul. 01, 2021 12:30 PM EDT