Diagnosis and treatment

FILE - Silver medalist Norway's Aksel Lund Svindal poses during the medal ceremony for the men's downhill race, at the alpine ski World Championships in Are, Sweden, on Feb. 9, 2019. Two-time Olympic skiing champion Svindal underwent surgery after being diagnosed with testicular cancer, the Norwegian said on Saturday Sept. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti, File)

Skiing champion Svindal has surgery for testicular cancer

Sep. 24, 2022 01:30 PM EDT

FILE - South African long distance athlete Caster Semenya (176) runs on her way to winning the 5,000 meters at the South African national championships in Pretoria, South Africa, April 15, 2021. A British newspaper has reported that double Olympic champion Semenya said she offered to show her body to track officials when she was just 18 years old to prove she was a female. (AP Photo/Christiaan Kotze/File)

Semenya says she offered to show track officials her body

By Gerald Imray May. 23, 2022 07:45 PM EDT

Russian skating star Valieva practices at Olympics hours after it's revealed she failed a test for banned medication

Feb. 09, 2022 10:24 PM EST
BEIJING (AP) — Russian skating star Valieva practices at Olympics hours after it's revealed she failed a test for banned medication. ...

A commuter walks down stairs leading to a subway station before the start of the 2020 Summer Olympics, Wednesday, July 21, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Team USA chiropractor sorry for COVID protocol-Nazi post

By Jake Seiner Jul. 21, 2021 05:55 AM EDT

Solvakia's Peter Sagan crosses the finish line of the fifth stage of the Tour de France cycling race, an individual time-trial over 27.2 kilometers (16.9 miles) with start in Change and finish in Laval Espace Mayenne, France, Wednesday, June 30, 2021. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena, Pool)

Sagan, Haig withdraw from Olympic road race with injuries

By Dave Skretta Jul. 13, 2021 06:03 AM EDT

Solvakia's Peter Sagan rides with the pack during the fourth stage of the Tour de France cycling race over 150.4 kilometers (93.5 miles) with start in Redon and finish in Fougeres, France, Tuesday, June 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

Sagan has surgery less than 2 weeks before Olympic road race

By Dave Skretta Jul. 12, 2021 02:04 PM EDT

Simone Manuel is seen before the women's 100 freestyle during wave 2 of the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials on Thursday, June 17, 2021, in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

EXPLAINER: What is overtraining syndrome in sports?

By The Associated Press Jun. 18, 2021 02:04 PM EDT

Shizue Akita, left, who died of COVID-19 at an Osaka hospital on May 13, 2021, and her husband Yukihiko Akita smile at Yukihiko's birthday party in Tondabayashi, western Japan, November 2019. As she struggled to breathe, Shizue Akita had to wait more than six hours while paramedics searched for a hospital in Osaka that would treat her worsening COVID-19. When she finally got to one that wasn’t overwhelmed with other patients, doctors diagnosed severe pneumonia and organ failure and sedated her. Akita, 87, was dead two weeks later. (Kazuyuki Akita via AP)

'Like hell:' As Olympics loom, Japan health care in turmoil

By Mari Yamaguchi And Kantaro Komiya May. 21, 2021 12:21 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 21, 2015, file photo, Jack O'Callahan, left, and Mark Pavelich of the 1980 U.S. ice hockey team talk during a "Relive the Miracle" reunion at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid, N.Y. Pavelich has died at a treatment center for mental illness. Officials in Anoka County, Minnesota, confirmed Friday, March 5, 2021, that Pavelich, 63, died at the Eagle's Healing Nest in Sauk Centre, Minn., Thursday morning. The cause and manner of death are still pending. (AP Photo/Mike Groll, File)

'Miracle on Ice' star Mark Pavelich dies at treatment home

Mar. 05, 2021 06:19 PM EST

Olympic official Høyer reveals Parkinson's diagnosis

Sep. 03, 2020 08:32 AM EDT
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Olympic official and 1996 gold medalist Poul-Erik Høyer has been diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease, badminton’s governing body...