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From left, silver medalist Dina Averina, of Russian Olympic Committee, gold medalist Linoy Ashram, of Israel, and bronze medalist Alina Harnasko, of Belarus, stand on the podium after the rhythmic gymnastics individual all-around final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, Aug. 7, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
Rhythmic gymnastics upset: Israel beats Russia, wins gold

By Claire Galofaro Aug. 07, 2021 08:37 AM EDT

Athletes display the Olympic uniforms for Russian athletes in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Russia presents its Olympic kit for the Tokyo Games, which shouldn't depict any symbols of the country. Russian athletes will compete at the Tokyo Olympics as neutral after the Court of Arbitration for Sport last December banned Russia from using its name, flag and anthem at any world championships for the next two years because of state-backed doping. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
IOC approves Tchaikovsky music as Russian anthem at Olympics

Apr. 22, 2021 02:04 PM EDT

President of the Russian Olympic Committee Stanislav Pozdnyakov attends a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 25, 2021. Russia is proposing to use music by 19th-century composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky as its replacement anthem for the Tokyo Olympics, the president of the Russian Olympic Committee said Thursday. Russian athletes need a substitute anthem because of the two-year ban on Russia's team name, flag and national anthem from Olympics and world championships imposed in December by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Russia wants Tchaikovsky music for anthem at Tokyo Olympics

Mar. 25, 2021 08:44 AM EDT

A man and a woman stand with the backdrop of the Olympic rings floating in the water in the Odaiba section in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Russian folk song rejected as substitute Olympic anthem

By Graham Dunbar Mar. 12, 2021 06:06 PM EST