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Swiss sprinter Alex Wilson banned 4 years for steroid use

23 hrs ago
BERN, Switzerland (AP) — Swiss sprinter Alex Wilson was banned for four years on Tuesday after an anti-doping tribunal judged he intentionally used an anabolic...

Its Olympic future in doubt, weightlifting names new leader

Jun. 25, 2022 12:34 PM EDT
TIRANA, Albania (AP) — Iraqi official Mohammed Jalood was elected president of the International Weightlifting Federation in chaotic scenes on Saturday. ...

FILE - Jasper Good (2), Jared Schumate (3) and Taylor Fletcher (4) compete during the cross-country stage of the Nordic combined 10 kilometers at the U.S. Olympic team trials at the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex on Friday, Dec. 24, 2021, in Lake Placid, N.Y. Nordic combined, which uniquely tests skiers on jaw-dropping jumps and heart-pounding trails, has been a part of the Winter Olympics since 1924. It is also the only Olympic sport without women. (AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
IOC keeps women's Nordic Combined out of 2026 Olympics

By Graham Dunbar Jun. 24, 2022 01:09 PM EDT

FILE - Salt Lake City Council Chairwoman Erin Mendenhall, from left, Fraser Bullock, chief operating officer of the 2002 Winter Games, Jeff Robbins, president and CEO of the Utah Sports Commission, Salt Lake City Mayor Jackie Biskupski, Gov. Gary Herbert, USA Olympic speed skater Catherine Rainey-Norman and Salt Lake County Councilman Jim Bradley raise their arms in celebration after the USOC choose Salt Lake over Denver to bid on behalf of the U.S. for future Winter Games, Friday, Dec. 14, 2018 in Salt Lake City. Recent meetings with the IOC have led U.S. officials to believe all signs point toward Salt Lake City bidding for the 2034 Winter Olympics, though they say Utah's capital will be ready if asked to host the 2030 Games, too.  (Steve Griffin/The Deseret News via AP, File)
Salt Lake City Winter Olympics bid more likely for 2034

By Eddie Pells Jun. 23, 2022 03:02 PM EDT

FILE - President of the International Weightlifting Federation Tamas Ajan speaks during the opening ceremony of the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Friday, Sept. 29, 2006. The former IOC member who ran weightlifting’s governing body for more than 40 years has banned for life for corrupting the sport’s anti-doping program. The Court of Arbitration for Sport found Tamss Ajan guilty of tampering and hiding doping cases. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
Russians win court ruling ahead of weightlifting elections

Jun. 23, 2022 06:36 AM EDT

FILE - Transgender swimmer Lia Thomas speaks to her coach after winning the 500 meter freestyle during a meet with Harvard on Jan. 22, 2022, at Harvard University in Cambridge, Mass. Bans on transgender women in international swimming and rugby this week opened the door for track and field to consider following suit in what could turn into a wave of policy changes in Olympic sports. The announcement Sunday, June 19, 2022, by swimming's governing body, FINA, was followed quickly by a show of support from World Athletics President Sebastian Coe, who was in Hungary for the swimming world championships. (AP Photo/Josh Reynolds, File)
Swimming's new transgender policy could impact other sports

By Eddie Pells Jun. 22, 2022 04:57 PM EDT

A man walks past the Gazprom Arena, the stadium that was supposed to host the Champions League 2022 final soccer match in St. Petersburg, Russia, Saturday, May 28, 2022, with a sculpture of one of Bolshevik's leader Sergei Kirov in the foreground. UEFA removed Saint Petersburg as the host of the final due to the ongoing Russian-Ukrainian crisis. (AP Photo/Dmitry Lovetsky)
Sports court sets July dates for Russian soccer ban appeals

By Graham Dunbar Jun. 22, 2022 08:02 AM EDT

FILE - A person walks near Tokyo 2020 logo in Haneda Airport on June 14, 2021, in Tokyo. Tokyo Olympic officials, meeting Tuesday, June 21, 2022, before the body is dissolved at the end of the month, were to detail the final numbers that were driven up by the pandemic, but were in record range even before that. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
Tokyo closes books on delayed Games; $13 billion price tag

By Stephen Wade Jun. 21, 2022 03:08 AM EDT

FILE - Pennsylvania transgender swimmer Lia Thomas waits for a preliminary heat in the Women's NCAA 500-yard freestyle swimming championship, March 17, 2022, at Georgia Tech in Atlanta.  (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)
Column: FINA ban casts storm clouds on transgender athletes

By Paul Newberry Jun. 20, 2022 06:51 PM EDT

Investigator warns boxing to change to save Olympic status

Jun. 20, 2022 04:17 PM EDT
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — Fighting to keep their sport in the Olympics, boxing officials were warned on Monday to change its historical culture of breaking the...

Naomi Kawase, who directed the official documentary of the Tokyo Olympics, speaks to The Associated Press in Tokyo Friday, June 17, 2022. Kawase said her work was a challenge because public opinion was painfully divided, costs kept mounting, a scandal emerged over the logo design, disgruntled opening ceremony artists resigned and the Games were postponed for a year because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Yuri Kageyama)
Olympic filmmaker needed 2 movies to cover Tokyo turmoil

By Yuri Kageyama Jun. 17, 2022 09:50 AM EDT

FILE - President of the International Weightlifting Federation Tamas Ajan speaks during the opening ceremony of the 2006 World Weightlifting Championships in Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic, Friday, Sept. 29, 2006. The former IOC member who ran weightlifting’s governing body for more than 40 years has banned for life for corrupting the sport’s anti-doping program. The Court of Arbitration for Sport found Tamss Ajan guilty of tampering and hiding doping cases. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)
Life ban for weightlifting president for doping cover-ups

By Graham Dunbar Jun. 16, 2022 07:36 AM EDT

Boxing president calls for new election after court ruling

Jun. 15, 2022 04:07 PM EDT
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — After a court ruled that his election opponent was wrongly barred, International Boxing Association president Umar Kremlev said...

FILE - Billy Demong, a member of USA Nordic's board of directors, speaks during the cross country stage of the nordic combined 10 kilometers for placement on the U.S. Olympic team, at the Mount Van Hoevenberg Olympic Sports Complex on Dec. 24, 2021, in Lake Placid, N.Y.  Nordic combined, which uniquely tests skiers on jaw-dropping jumps and heart-pounding trails, has been a part of the Winter Olympics since 1924. It is also the only Olympic sport without women.(AP Photo/Hans Pennink, File)
Winter Olympics may not include Nordic combined for 1st time

By Larry Lage Jun. 15, 2022 02:37 PM EDT

Sports court verdict puts Olympic boxing in more doubt

By Graham Dunbar Jun. 14, 2022 12:22 PM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — The troubled International Boxing Association may have to hold its presidential election again after the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Tuesday...

FIFA bans player for 18 months for same substance as Valieva

By Graham Dunbar Jun. 13, 2022 10:52 AM EDT
GENEVA (AP) — FIFA banned Ivory Coast goalkeeper Sylvain Gbohouo for 18 months on Monday in a doping case involving the same substance that Russian figure skater...

FILE - Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, falls in the women's free skate program during the figure skating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, in Beijing. No 15-year-old figure skaters will be allowed to compete at the 2026 Olympics following the controversy surrounding Russian competitor Kamila Valieva at this year's Beijing Games. A new age limit for figure skaters at senior international events was passed Tuesday, June 7, 2022 by the International Skating Union in a 110-16 vote that will raise the minimum age to 17 before the next Winter Olympics in Milan-Cortina d’Ampezzo, Italy. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue, File)
WADA says fresh court ruling can reopen Russian doping cases

By Graham Dunbar Jun. 11, 2022 02:23 PM EDT

FILE - Kim Jae-youl, chief of the sports marketing unit of Samsung Group, center, arrives at the office of the independent counsel in Seoul, South Korea, on Dec. 29, 2016. A South Korean executive with Olympic sponsor Samsung has been elected president of the International Skating Union. Kim Jae-youl got 77 out of 119 votes in a four-person contest to lead the governing body of figure skating and speed skating. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File )
Samsung executive elected to lead skating governing body

Jun. 10, 2022 09:57 AM EDT

FILE - Winner Nikolay Lipkin celebrate after winning the C1 relay men 200m final of the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships 2014 with teammate Andrey Kraitor, in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2014. Three Russian canoeists including a gold medalist at the 2012 London Olympics have been banned or being part of the state-backed doping program eight years ago. The Court of Arbitration for Sport said its judges upheld appeals filed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) after the International Canoe Federation refused to prosecute individual cases. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin, File)
Russian canoeists banned for being in state doping program

By Graham Dunbar Jun. 10, 2022 03:46 AM EDT

FILE- In this Aug. 12, 2017 file photo, Russia's Maria Lasitskene celebrates without a flag after winning the gold medal in the women's high jump final during the World Athletics Championships in London. Lasitskene, likely to be banned from defending her three straight world titles next month, lashed out at the leaders of the IOC and World Athletics, and expressed sympathy for her Ukrainian competitors in a heartfelt open letter distributed Thursday, June 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
Russian champion bashes Bach, shows sympathy for Ukrainians

By Eddie Pells Jun. 09, 2022 04:19 PM EDT

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Medal Count

Last Updated: Feb. 20 1:30 a.m. EST

  • Team
    G
    S
    B
    Total
  • Norway
    16 8 13 37
  • Germany
    12 10 5 27
  • China
    9 4 2 15
  • United States
    8 10 7 25
  • Sweden
    8 5 5 18
  • Netherlands
    8 5 4 17
  • Austria
    7 7 4 18
  • Switzerland
    7 2 5 14
  • ROC
    6 12 14 32
  • France
    5 7 2 14
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