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Figure skating body details proposal to hike age limit to 17

By Graham Dunbar May. 02, 2022 06:13 AM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — Figure skating’s governing body has detailed a proposal to raise the athlete age limit to 17 at the Olympics and other international events. ...

Team Australia celebrate their win over New Zealand in the gold-medal match on the final day of the World Rugby Women's Sevens Series in Langford, British Columbia, Sunday, May 1, 2022. (Chad Hipolito/The Canadian Press via AP)
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U.S. hockey player Haley Skarupa, center, demonstrates a drill during a hockey clinic presented by the Washington Capitals and the Professional Women's Hockey Players Association, Friday, March 4, 2022, in Arlington, Va. (AP Photo/Nick Wass)
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Peter Malnati hits from the third tee of the Monterey Peninsula Country Club Shore Course during the first round of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am golf tournament in Pebble Beach, Calif., Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022. (AP Photo/Tony Avelar)
Riviera has a new president and big events headed its way

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Olympic workers in protective clothing rest after they helped travelers at Beijing Capital International airport after the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 21, 2022, in Beijing, China. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)
GLIMPSES: For Beijing airport workers, weariness at the end

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FILE - A woman looks at her phone as she passes an Olympic logo inside the main media center for the 2022 Winter Olympics, Jan. 18, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)
At Olympics, cybersecurity worries linger in background

By Kelvin Chan Feb. 20, 2022 10:13 PM EST

Flag bearers march into the stadium during the closing ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 20, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Beijing's Olympics close, ending safe but odd global moment

By Ted Anthony Feb. 20, 2022 02:50 AM EST

Germany's Tobias Rieder, center, celebrates after scoring a goal against Canada with Moritz Muller, left, and Marcel Noebels (92) during a preliminary round men's hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 10, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
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By Kelvin Chan, Candice Choi And Aaron Morrison Feb. 19, 2022 02:41 AM EST

FILE - The mascot for the 1996 Summer Olympic Game, Whatizit, joins dancers on the stage during the closing ceremonies for the XXV Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Aug. 9, 1992. (AP Photo/Diether Endlicher)
Olympic mascots: Creative, cartoonish, at times contentious

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United States' Matt Hamilton, left, and Christopher Plys celebrate after a good throw during the men's curling bronze medal match between Canada and the United States at the Beijing Winter Olympics Friday, Feb. 18, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
GLIMPSES: A rare look at tattooed flesh on the Olympic ice

By The Associated Press Feb. 18, 2022 10:30 PM EST

Officials from the United States' team watch the men's curling semifinal match between Britain and the United States at the Beijing Winter Olympics Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. The British and U.S. teams employ performance analysts who sit at the end of the ice sheet filming the action for match intelligence. The goal: to get a better picture of each side's strengths and weaknesses — information that can be relayed to players during breaks. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Moneyrock: Olympic curlers crunch data to get edge on ice

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A police officer stands guard by the North Korean Embassy in Beijing, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022. As Beijing holds the winter Olympic games, hundreds of North Koreans are enduring perhaps the longest-running pandemic-enforced separation in the world. The isolationist Communist state has sealed off its borders so tightly that they've left their own ambassador to China stranded in Beijing. (AP Photo/Dake Kang)
BEIJING SNAPSHOT: N. Korea not at Games but diplomat remains

By Dake Kang Feb. 17, 2022 05:28 AM EST

Associated Press photographer David J. Phillip sets up a robotic camera for figure skating ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Jan. 22, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Chris Carlson)
EXPLAINER: Robots and Olympics — a potent photo combination

By Mallika Sen Feb. 17, 2022 04:22 AM EST

Michelle Gisin of Switzerland celebrates winning the gold medal during the medal ceremony for the women's combined at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)
Gisin wins back-to-back Olympic combined, Shiffrin out again

By Daniella Matar Feb. 17, 2022 02:18 AM EST

A server wearing protective gear takes an order from a member of the Canadian Olympic team in a restaurant inside the Shangri-La Hotel at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
Red wine or white? At Olympic hotel, it comes in hazmat suit

By Stephen Wade Feb. 16, 2022 10:09 PM EST

File- Skier Seba Johnson from the Virgin Islands looks back to see her racing time at the Olympic ladies Super-6 event at Mt. Allan in Nakiska, Alberta on Monday, Feb. 22, 1988. Johnson first saw skiing on a tiny black and white TV in the housing project where she lived in Fredericksted, on the island of St Croix. Nine years later, Johnson broke barriers during the 1988 Calgary Games, becoming the first Black woman to ski in a Winter Games, and at 14, the youngest. She relied on support from ski equipment companies, celebrities and other donors, and even then was able to spend far less time training than her competitors, due to socioeconomic barriers. (AP Photo/Rudi Blaha, File)
On the slopes, a struggle for Black skiers’ Olympic dreams

By Aaron Morrison Feb. 16, 2022 07:46 PM EST

Germany's Tom Kuhnhackl (34) and China's Jieke Kailiaosi (Jake Chelios) (7) chase after the puck during a preliminary round men's hockey game at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
ATHLETES ON: Best things they've eaten in the Olympic bubble

By Kelvin Chan, Candice Choi And Aaron Morrison Feb. 16, 2022 12:56 AM EST

Josefin Taljegard, of Sweden, reacts after the women's short program during the figure skating at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 15, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Despite loosening rules, few women figure skaters pick pants

By Sally Ho Feb. 15, 2022 10:58 PM EST

A skier trains during a cross-country skiing training session at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 14, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/John Locher)
GLIMPSES: Olympic skiing on filaments of gold

By The Associated Press Feb. 15, 2022 06:07 AM EST

FILE - Eileen Gu, of China, competes during the women's freestyle skiing big air finals of the 2022 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, File)
Eileen Gu: Navigating two cultures, judged by both of them

By Janie Har And Sarah Dilorenzo Feb. 15, 2022 05:29 AM EST