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In this Oct. 16, 1968, file photo, U.S. athletes Tommie Smith, center, and John Carlos extend gloved hands skyward in racial protest during the playing of national anthem after Smith received the gold and Carlos the bronze for the 200 meter run at the Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City. Australian silver medalist Peter Norman is at left. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee will allow raised fists and kneeling during the national anthem at upcoming Olympic trials. The USOPC released a nine-page document to offer guidance about the sort of “racial and social demonstrations” that will and won't be allowed by the hundreds of athletes who will compete for spots on the U.S. team in various sports. (AP Photo/File). **FILE**

Raised fists, kneeling during anthem OK at U.S. Olympic trials

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 10, 2020, file photo, Brian Chesky, CEO of Airbnb, is shown on an electronic screen at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York. Airbnb Inc. is being asked to drop its sponsorship connections to 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics by a coalition of 150 human-rights campaigners. The coalition is headed by groups that oppose rights violations in China including widely reported genocide against Muslim Uyghurs in the Xinjiang region. An open letter sent on Tuesday, March 23, 2021 to Chesky argues that Airbnb is trying to drive tourism in China at the expense of Uyghurs and Tibetans who cannot travel freely in the country. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan, File)

Airbnb asked to drop Olympic ties over China rights issues

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Two women take a selfie with the Olympic rings in the background in the Odaiba section of Tokyo, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike spoke Thursday after the World Health Organization labeled the spreading virus a &quot;pandemic,&quot; a decision almost certain to affect the Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

EXPLAINER: Tokyo Olympics march on without fans from abroad

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, speaks during a press conference Friday, March 19, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Tokyo Olympics ready to announce ban on fans from abroad

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games, speaks during a press conference regarding its creative director's comments about a well-known female celebrity, in Tokyo Thursday, March 18, 2021. Tokyo Olympics creative director Hiroshi Sasaki is resigning after making demeaning the comments. Sasaki was in charge of the opening and closing ceremonies for the Olympics, which are to begin on July 23. Last year he told planning staff members that well-known entertainer Naomi Watanabe could perform in the ceremony as an “Olympig.” (Kazuhiro Nogi/Pool Photo via AP)

Tokyo Olympics: Yet another scandal over sexist comments

By STEPHEN WADE and YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, exile Tibetans use the Olympic Rings as a prop as they hold a street protest against the holding of 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing in Dharmsala, India. Some kind of boycott is almost sure to affect next year’s Beijing Winter Olympics. It’s driven by the widely reported internment of several million Muslim Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China, which has been termed a genocide by numerous governments and human rights groups. (AP Photo/Ashwini Bhatia, File)

EXPLAINER: What drives possible boycott of Beijing Olympics

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, file photo, people line up at the Artux City Vocational Skills Education Training Service Center at the Kunshan Industrial Park in Artux in western China's Xinjiang region. A small core of international lawyers and activists are prodding leading Olympic sponsors to acknowledge China's widely reported human-rights abuses against Muslim Uyghurs, Tibetans and other minorities.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Rights groups and Olympic leaders in Beijing Games stalemate

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Seiko Hashimoto, president of the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020), speaks during a news conference Thursday, March 11, 2021, after attending the International Olympic Committee (IOC) general meeting. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Olympic host Japan will not take part in China vaccine offer

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

A woman walks past the Olympic rings in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 10, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

IOC and China make vaccine deal for Tokyo, Beijing Olympians

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

In this Nov. 16, 2020, file photo, Thomas Bach, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President, speaks during the joint press conference between IOC and Tokyo Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (Tokyo 2020) in Tokyo, Japan. The International Olympic Committee is pushing back against reports that the postponed Tokyo Olympics will be canceled and will not open on July 23. The Tokyo Games were postponed 10 months ago at the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic, and now their future appears threatened again.(Du Xiaoyi/Pool Photo via AP, File) **FILE**

Thomas Bach re-elected as IOC president until 2025

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Friday, Dec. 20, 2019, construction underway at the Lusail Stadium, one of the 2022 World Cup stadiums, in Lusail, Qatar. The gas-rich Persian Gulf nation Monday July 27, 2020, Qatar has expressed an interest in hosting the world’s biggest sporting events, the 2032 Olympic and Paralympic Games, in a letter to the International Olympic Committee.(AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, FILE)

Qatar up for 2032 Olympics bid despite IOC backing Brisbane

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FILE - In this Aug. 5, 2016, file photo, then U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, left, talks with International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach in Maracana Stadium before the opening ceremony for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Ban is being asked to rule on an ethics complaint filed against the International Olympic Committee by a human-rights group representing Uyghurs and other ethnic minorities in China. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, Pool)

Ban Ki-moon asked to act on complaint against Beijing Games

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto, right, speaks to media after a video conference with the IOC executive board on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021, in Tokyo. Hashimoto, a former Olympics minister and seven time Olympian, was recently appointed the Tokyo 2020 president after her predecessor Yoshiro Mori quit following a backlash over sexist comments he made at an earlier meeting. (Takashi Aoyama/Pool Photo via AP)

It’s March, the month when the Tokyo Olympics were postponed

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speaks to Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in the Black Sea resort of Sochi, Russia, Monday, Feb. 22, 2021. (Alexei Druzhinin, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP)

Belarusian Olympic body elects Lukashenko’s son as leader

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FILE - In this Monday, Dec. 3, 2018, file photo, people line up at the Artux City Vocational Skills Education Training Service Center at the Kunshan Industrial Park in Artux in western China's Xinjiang region. A small core of international lawyers and activists are prodding leading Olympic sponsors to acknowledge China's widely reported human-rights abuses against Muslim Uyghurs, Tibetans and other minorities.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Rights groups target sponsors like Airbnb for Beijing Games

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, Aug. 5, 2016, file photo, a couple sit on a dock to look at the sails of the Sydney Opera House that are illuminated with the green and gold colors of the Australian Olympic team. An Australian push to host the 2032 Olympics was elevated overnight to the status of preferred bid, and the people of Brisbane and southeast Queensland state woke up to the news Thursday, Feb. 25, 2021. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

How and why the IOC could find a 2032 Olympic host so soon

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Saturday, May 4, 2019 file photo, International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, left, shakes hands with Australian Olympic Committee (AOC) President John Coates at the AOC annual general meeting in Sydney, Australia. The Australian Olympic bid is on a fast-track to host the 2032 Olympics Wednesday Feb. 24, 2021, after the International Olympic Committee executive board gave Queensland “preferred bidder” status, 11 years ahead of the games.(AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Australian bid put on IOC fast track to host 2032 Olympics

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Japan's Olympics Minister Seiko Hashimoto speaks during a press conference at the cabinet office in Tokyo, on Sept. 19, 2019. Japan's Kyodo news agency, citing a source “familiar with the matter,” said Wednesday, Feb. 17, 2021, a selection committee will ask Hashimoto to become the new president of the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee. Hashimoto, who could be named this week, would replace Yoshiro Mori who was forced to resign last week after he made demeaning comments about women — basically saying they talk too much.(Kyodo News via AP)

Seiko Hashimoto takes over as Tokyo Olympic president

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

A countdown clock showing one year to go for the 2022 Beijing Olympics stands near the Olympics Tower, far center, and National Stadium, also known as the Bird's Nest, which will again be a venue for the Olympics, in Beijing on Wednesday, Feb. 3, 2021. The 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics will open a year from now. Most of the venues have been completed as the Chinese capital becomes the first city to hold both the Winter and Summer Olympics. Beijing held the 2008 Summer Olympics. But these Olympics are presenting some major problems. They are already scarred by accusations of rights abuses including &quot;genocide&quot;against more than 1 million Uighurs and other Muslim ethnic groups in western China. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

Human rights, COVID at issue 1 year before Beijing Olympics

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 28, 2021, file photo, Tokyo Olympic and Paralympic Games Organising Committee (TOGOC) President Yoshiro Mori speaks to the media after a video conference with IOC President Thomas Bach at the TOGOC headquarters in Tokyo. Comments about women made earlier in the week by Mori, a former prime minister, could force him to resign. It's one more problem the postponed Tokyo Olympics don't need as organizers and the IOC try to pull off the games in the midst of a pandemic. (Takashi Aoyama/Pool Photo via AP)

Head of Tokyo Games won’t resign after statement about women

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press