2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games

FILE - United States' Michael Phelps and Singapore's Joseph Schooling check their times after a men's 100-meter butterfly heat during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 11, 2016, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Olympic gold medal swimmer Joseph Schooling has apologized for using cannabis in Vietnam while competing there on leave from military service in his native Singapore. Schooling achieved superstar status in Singapore when he won his country’s first and only Olympic title at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games. He won the 100 meters butterfly beating Michael Phelps in the American great’s last Olympic race. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)

Olympic swimmer Joseph Schooling admits cannabis use

Aug. 31, 2022 05:45 AM EDT

FILE - Cannons' Paul Rabil (99) holds the ball against Redwoods' Finn Sullivan (36) during a Premier Lacrosse League game, Friday, June 4, 2021, in Foxborough, Mass. Lacrosse is one of nine sports trying to gain inclusion into the 2028 Summer Games in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Vera Nieuwenhuis, File)

Lacrosse's new, fast-paced version may be path into LA Games

By Pat Graham Aug. 13, 2022 02:26 AM EDT

FILE - Then Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe appears as the Nintendo game character Super Mario during the closing ceremony at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on Aug. 21, 2016. Despite his fame as a Japan's longest serving prime minister, Shinzo Abe might have had enjoyed his biggest moment at the closing ceremony of the 2016 Rio de Janeiro. (Yu Nakajima/Kyodo News via AP, File)

Abe impersonated 'Super Mario' to promote Tokyo Olympics

By Stephen Wade Jul. 09, 2022 01:07 AM EDT

FILE - Somon Makhmadbekov, of Tajikistan, left, and Ahmad Alikaj, of the Refugee Olympic Team, compete during their men's 73kg elimination round of the judo match, at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, July 26, 2021. The Olympic Refugee Foundation and the refugee Olympics team are the winners of this year’s Princess of Asturias Award for sports, the Spanish foundation that organizes the prizes said Wednesday, May 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian, File)

Refugee Olympic team awarded prestigious Spanish prize

May. 25, 2022 08:21 AM EDT

FILE - Yarimar Mercado Martinez, of Puerto Rico, competes during the women's 50-meter Rifle 3 Positions qualification, at the Olympic Shooting Center, during the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 11, 2016. Mercado Martinez's mother, Mabel Martinez, 56, was killed by a stray bullet in her Connecticut home over the weekend, authorities announced Monday, April 11, 2022. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Puerto Rico Olympian's mother killed at home by stray bullet

By Dave Collins Apr. 11, 2022 05:51 PM EDT

Mark Todd to face disciplinary hearing over hitting a horse

Mar. 22, 2022 12:52 PM EDT
LONDON (AP) — Mark Todd, a two-time Olympic champion in equestrian and now a notable racehorse trainer, will face a disciplinary hearing on Thursday after a video on...

FILE - Nijat Rahimov, of Kazakhstan, acknowledges the applause after receiving his gold medal for the men's 77kg weightlifting competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Aug. 10, 2016. Rahimov has been stripped of his 2016 title for doping and banned for eight years, it was announced Tuesday, March 22 2022. The Court of Arbitration for Sport says the Kazakh lifter was guilty of “four urine substitutions.” (AP Photo/Mike Groll, file)

2016 Olympic champion weightlifter disqualified for doping

Mar. 22, 2022 12:08 PM EDT

Trevor Mastrogiovanni, right, of Oklahoma State, battles Jesse Ybarra, left, of Iowa, during the Bout at the Ballpark wrestling event Saturday, Feb. 12, 2022, at Globe Life Field in Arlington, Texas. (Steve Nurenberg/The Dallas Morning News via AP)

USA, Iowa dominate wrestling event at Texas Rangers' stadium

By Cliff Brunt Feb. 13, 2022 12:38 AM EST

FILE - Britain's Hannah Miley competes in a women's 200-meter individual medley semifinal during the swimming competitions of the World Aquatics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, on July 23, 2017. Three-time Olympian Hannah Miley of Britain has retired from competitive swimming at the age of 32. The Scottish individual medley specialist is a former world, European and Commonwealth Games champion. Miley was a finalist for Britain at three consecutive Olympics, most recently the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Games where she finished fourth in the 400-meter individual medley. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File)

British swimmer Hannah Miley announces retirement

Dec. 01, 2021 07:15 AM EST

FILE - President of Brazil's Olympic Committee Carlos Arthur Nuzman, left, and International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, right, visit Maracana stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on Jan. 22, 2014. Nuzman, the head of the Brazilian Olympic Committee for more than two decades, was sentenced to 30 years and 11 months in jail for allegedly buying votes for Rio de Janeiro to host the 2016 Olympics. The ruling by Judge Marcelo Bretas became public Thursday, Nov. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana, File)

Former Brazil Olympic boss sentenced to jail for corruption

By Mauricio Savarese Nov. 25, 2021 10:03 PM EST

Fireworks illuminate over National Stadium during the closing ceremony of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 8, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

In rough Olympics, viewers perked up a bit in second week

By David Bauder Aug. 10, 2021 07:15 PM EDT

FILE - In this file photo dated Friday, April 6, 2018, New Zealand's Olivia Podmore competes during the Women's Sprint quarterfinals at the Anna Meares Velodrome during the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Brisbane, Australia. The New Zealand Olympic Committee says track cyclist Olivia Podmore has died suddenly at the age of 24, in a statement released Tuesday Aug. 10, 2021, without disclosing the cause of death. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard, FILE)

Olivia Podmore, New Zealand 2016 Olympic cyclist, dies at 24

Aug. 10, 2021 02:41 PM EDT

Russian Olympic Committee's artistic gymnastics women's team, from left, Liliia Akhaimova, Angelina Melnikova, Viktoriia Listunova and Vladislava Urazova celebrate after winning the gold medal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo. The United States, left, won the silver medal. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)

In ROC disguise, Russia has plenty to celebrate at Olympics

By James Ellingworth Aug. 07, 2021 10:26 AM EDT

United States players cheer during their win over Spain in the women's water polo gold medal match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

US overwhelms Spain for 3rd straight water polo gold

By Jay Cohen Aug. 07, 2021 02:44 AM EDT

France's Nikola Karabatic makes a shot during the men's gold medal handball match between France and Denmark at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Sergei Grits)

Olympic Latest: France earns gold for 1st volleyball medal

Aug. 06, 2021 07:41 PM EDT

FILE - In this April 18, 2021, file photo, Eliud Kipchoge of Kenya runs to win the NN Mission Marathon at Enschede Airport in Enschede, Netherlands. The Olympic marathons, along with the race walks, were shifted a four-hour train ride north to Sapporo because of the extreme heat in Tokyo. Kipchoge is the defending champion. (Piroschka van de Wouw/Pool Photo via AP, File)

'Same frying pan': Marathoners brace for heat in Sapporo

By Pat Graham Aug. 06, 2021 05:06 AM EDT

Correction: ATH-50K Race Walk story

Aug. 06, 2021 03:05 AM EDT
In a story published August 6, 2021, about the 50-kilometer race walk at the Tokyo Games, The Associated Press erroneously reported details of the 50-kilometer...