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Li Wenwen of China shouts as she completes her final lift to win gold in the women's +87kg weightlifting event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)
Transgender weightlifter Hubbard makes history at Olympics

By James Ellingworth And Sally Ho 5 hrs ago

Albane Valenzuela, of Switzerland, hits from the 12th tee during a practice round prior to the women's golf event at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, at the Kasumigaseki Country Club in Kawagoe, Japan. (AP Photo/Matt York)
Swiss special as Valenzuela returns to Olympics with brother

By Doug Ferguson 7 hrs ago

Journalists gather at the Poland Embassy to report on Belarusian athlete Krystsina Tsimanouskaya after she visited the embassy in Tokyo, Japan, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021. Tsimanouskaya, a Belarusian Olympic sprinter plans to seek asylum in Poland after alleging that officials tried to force her home, where she feared for her safety, an activist group said Monday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)
Poland grants visa to Belarus Olympian who fears for safety

By Graham Dunbar 9 hrs ago

Japan's Tetsuto Yamada advances to third after stealing second during the ninth inning of a baseball game against the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Monday, Aug. 2, 2021, in Yokohama, Japan. (AP Photo/Sue Ogrocki)
Japan rallies against bullpen to beat US 7-6 in 10 innings

By Ronald Blum 11 hrs ago

FILE - In this July 14, 2021, file photo, journalists film the National Ski Jumping Centre, one of the venues for Beijing 2022 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, during a media tour in Zhangjiakou in northwestern China's Hebei province. The IOC says the Olympics are only about the sports; no politics allowed. But reporters from other countries who puncture the PR skin to explore other aspects of life in China — as they have in Japan during the Tokyo Olympics — could draw more than criticism. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
Beijing Games: Sports coverage fine, other things maybe not

By Stephen Wade 11 hrs ago

Olympic volunteer Mieko Onuma talks about her experiences of the 2011 earthquake, also known as the Great East Japan Earthquake, at Tohoku Fukushi University in Sendai, Japan, Wednesday, July 28, 2021. The Tokyo Olympics was billed as the “Recovery and Reconstruction Games,” with the torch relay starting in disaster-hit Fukushima and several events held in Fukushima and Miyagi. However, the coronavirus pandemic has disrupted opportunities to showcase the region’s restoration to foreign spectators. (AP Photo/Chisato Tanaka)
Olympic volunteers strive to tell their earthquake stories

By Chisato Tanaka 14 hrs ago

Shin Jeahwan, of South Korea, performs on the vault during the men's artistic gymnastic qualifications at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 24, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)
Olympics Latest: Krajewski wins individual eventing gold

17 hrs ago

Krystsina Tsimanouskaya, of Belarus, runs in the women's 100-meter run at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021. Tsimanouskaya alleged her Olympic team tried to remove her from Japan in a dispute that led to a standoff Sunday, Aug. 1, at Tokyo’s main airport. An activist group supporting Tsimanouskaya said she believed her life was in danger in Belarus and would seek asylum with the Austrian embassy in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Japan: Belarus runner involved in airport standoff is safe

By Graham Dunbar And Daniel Kozin Aug. 01, 2021 12:00 PM EDT

Raven Saunders, of United States, reacts during the woman's shot put final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Incredible Raven: Saunders lends her voice to the Olympics

By Eddie Pells And Pat Graham Aug. 01, 2021 03:14 AM EDT

Nicholas Lucena, left, of the United States, returns a shot as teammate Philip Dalhausser watches during a men's beach volleyball match against Qatar at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)
American beach 'knuckleheads' flirted with playing for Qatar

By Jimmy Golen Aug. 01, 2021 02:22 AM EDT

Dallas Oberholzer, 46, from South Africa, takes part in a men's park skateboarding training session at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Saturday, July 31, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. The age-range of competitors in skateboarding's Olympic debut at the Tokyo Games is remarkably broad and 46-year-old Dallas Oberholzer will go wheel-to-wheel with skaters less than half his age. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)
At 46, African skateboarder finally wows mom at Tokyo Games

By John Leicester Jul. 31, 2021 07:54 PM EDT

Simone Manuel, top, of the United States, swims alongside Emma Mckeon, of Australia, during heat 10 of the women's 50-meter freestyle at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)
Ban on 'Soul Cap' spotlights lack of diversity in swimming

By Jenna Fryer Jul. 31, 2021 06:30 AM EDT

Serbia's Yvonne Anderson (12) shoots against Spain during a women's basketball game at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)
Hooping for another country can be side door to the Olympics

By Teresa M. Walker Jul. 31, 2021 03:40 AM EDT

FILE - In this April 9, 2018, file photo, New Zealand's Laurel Hubbard lifts in the snatch of the women's 90kg weightlifting final at the 2018 Commonwealth Games on the Gold Coast, Australia. Hubbard, a transgender woman, is competing in weightlifting for New Zealand (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
Transgender weightlifter Hubbard thanks IOC before competing

Jul. 30, 2021 08:45 AM EDT

Runners compete in a heat of the 4 x 400-meter mixed relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Friday, July 30, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel)
Olympics Latest: US mixed relay team reinstated after appeal

Jul. 29, 2021 09:25 PM EDT

German official sent home for racist slur at Olympics

Jul. 29, 2021 06:53 AM EDT
TOKYO (AP) — A German cycling official has been suspended and will be sent home from the Tokyo Olympics after using a racist slur during the men’s time trial. ...

Jessica Fox of Australia, centre, holds the gold medal Mallory Franklin of Britain, left, holds the silver medal and Andrea Herzog of Germany, right, with the bronze medal in the Women's C1 of the Canoe Slalom at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)
Australia's Jessica Fox wins first women's canoe slalom gold

By Jim Vertuno Jul. 29, 2021 04:05 AM EDT

Caeleb Dressel of the United States swims in a heat of the men's 100-meter butterfly at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Thursday, July 29, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Olympics Latest: US women's volleyball reaches quarterfinals

Jul. 28, 2021 08:36 PM EDT

Simone Biles, of the United States, watches gymnasts perform at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo. Biles says she wasn't in right 'headspace' to compete and withdrew from gymnastics team final to protect herself. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis)
'OK not to be OK': Mental health takes top role at Olympics

By Jenna Fryer Jul. 28, 2021 07:08 AM EDT

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, exile Tibetans use the Olympic rings as a prop as they hold a protest against the holding of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, in Dharmsala, India. Facing the boycott-threatened Beijing Winter Olympics in just over six months, the International Olympic Committee said on Wednesday, July 28, that its only responsibility was to “deliver the Games" and not to monitor human rights. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia, File)
IOC sponsors facing heat over Beijing Olympics, human rights

By Stephen Wade Jul. 28, 2021 05:40 AM EDT