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FILE - Stanford's Shane Griffith, right, takes on Pittsburgh's Jake Wentzel during their 165-pound match in the finals of the NCAA wrestling championships in St. Louis, in this Saturday, March 20, 2021, file photo. Shane Griffith recently captured the 165-pound title at the NCAA wrestling championships wearing a black singlet minus the Stanford logo. This was his way -- his entire team’s way -- of making a statement after the school announced in July that wrestling and 10 other sports, most of them that produce athletes for the U.S. Olympic team, would be dropped to save money.(AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, Filr)
Olympic gold: 'Keep Stanford Wrestling' aims to save program

By Pat Graham Apr. 08, 2021 06:53 PM EDT

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Organizing Committee attends a press conference following the Tokyo 2020 Executive Board meeting on Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. Former Olympian Hashimoto was named president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee after a meeting of its executive board, which is 80% male. She replaces 83-year-old Yoshiro Mori, a former Japanese prime minister who was forced to resign last week after making sexist comments about women. (Yuichi Yamazaki/Pool Photo via AP)
Seiko Hashimoto takes over as Tokyo Olympic president

By Stephen Wade Feb. 17, 2021 11:04 PM EST

Japan's Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto, center, is surrounded by reporters at the Lower House in Tokyo, Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021. Japan's Kyodo news agency, citing a source “familiar with the matter,” said Wednesday, a selection committee will ask Hashimoto to become the new president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee. Hashimoto, who could be named this week, would replace Yoshiro Mori who was forced to resign last week after he made demeaning comments about women — basically saying they talk too much.(Meika Fujio/Kyodo News via AP)
Report: Hashimoto will be offered job to head Tokyo Olympics

By Stephen Wade Feb. 17, 2021 08:01 AM EST

People walk by signage to promote the Olympic Games, in Tokyo, Tuesday, Feb. 16, 2021. The Olympics are scheduled to open on July 23 but recent polls show about 80% of the Japanese public want the Olympics canceled or postponed. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)
Tokyo Olympics to pick Mori replacement; is a woman likely?

By Stephen Wade Feb. 16, 2021 01:22 AM EST

FILE - In this Jan. 24, 2014, file photo, former Japanese Prime Minister Yoshiro Mori answers a reporter's question at a press conference in Tokyo as Mori was officially appointed head of the Tokyo 2020 Summer Olympic organizing committee. Mori resigned Friday, Feb. 12, 2021 as the president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee following sexist comments implying women talk too much. (AP photo/Junji Kurokawa, File)
Mori is gone but gender issues remain for Tokyo Olympics

By Stephen Wade Feb. 11, 2021 09:37 PM EST

FILE - In this Nov. 28, 2019 file photo Olympic Rings and a model of Misha the Bear Cub, the mascot of the Moscow 1980 Olympic Games, left, are seen in the yard of Russian Olympic Committee building in Moscow, Russia. Russia was banned Thursday Dec. 17, 2020 from using its name, flag and anthem at the next two Olympics or at any world championships for the next two years. The Court of Arbitration for Sport's ruling also blocked Russia from bidding to host major sporting events for two years. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, file)
All agree: Russia gets a win in latest doping decision

By Eddie Pells Dec. 17, 2020 02:57 PM EST

President of the Russian Olympic Committee Stanislav Pozdnyakov speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020. The Court of Arbitration for Sport confirmed Russia's flag and anthem are barred from next year's Olympics in Tokyo and the 2022 Winter Games in Beijing on Thursday. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Russia claims victory with loopholes in Olympic sanctions

By James Ellingworth Dec. 17, 2020 01:04 PM EST

FILE - In this Sept. 27, 1977, file photo, Japan's Miyako Tanaka, right, and Mikako Kotani perform during women's synchronized swimming duet competition at the Olympic Games of the XXIV Olympiad in Seoul, South Korea. The organizing committee of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics announced Wednesday, Sept. 30, 2020, it has named Kotani as its new sports director. Kotani won two bronze medals in synchronized swimming - now called artistic swimming - at the the 1988 Olympics in Seoul. (AP Photo/Eric Risberg, File)
Tokyo Olympics name Mikako Kotani as new sports director

Sep. 30, 2020 03:46 AM EDT

AP Sportlight

By The Associated Press Jul. 28, 2020 10:22 AM EDT
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By Mauricio Savarese Jul. 27, 2020 06:06 PM EDT
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazil has set up its Olympic training camp in Rio ... Rio Maior that is, a relatively small Portuguese city of 21,000 residents outside...

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press Jul. 23, 2020 10:19 AM EDT
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FILE - In this May 26, 2019, file photo, Simon Pagenaud, of France, leads the field through the first turn on the start of the Indianapolis 500 IndyCar auto race at Indianapolis Motor Speedway, in Indianapolis. It is finally May and acceptable to declare this a crummy year for Roger Penske to have purchased Indianapolis Motor Speedway. The iconic track was scheduled to open this week for racing, but everything has been put on hold, including the Indianapolis 500, because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings, File)
The Latest: Indy high school to hold graduation at Speedway

By The Associated Press May. 05, 2020 09:40 AM EDT

Arianna Sacripante trains on her terrace in Monterotondo, near Rome, Friday, April 3, 2020. Arianna, an athlete of the Italian down syndrome synchronized swimming team, continues her training with only one goal in mind: the Olympic Games, whenever they will take place. Synchronized swimming is not yet a Paralympic sport and they are aiming at a non-competitive festival in Japan which is the routine showcase before becoming part of the official list. Arianna did not sound discouraged by the Tokyo 2020 postponement due to the lockdown for the COVID-19 and she is keeping on training hard at home twice a day with both gym and choreography. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
AP PHOTOS: Down syndrome synchro team aims for Paralympics

By Paolo Santalucia And Alessandra Tarantino Apr. 12, 2020 09:03 AM EDT