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In this Feb. 13, 2020, photo, a boy walks around an information center in Yokohama's Chinatown, near Tokyo. A top Olympic official made clear Friday the 2020 Games in Tokyo will not be cancelled despite the virus that has spread from China. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

No ‘Plan B’ for Olympics; questions over Chinese presence

By STEPHEN WADE and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 10, 2002, file photo, Simon Ammann, of Switzerland, competes in the men's K90 Individual ski jump at the 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Olympics in Park City, Utah. Salt Lake City may shift its focus to bidding for the 2034 Winter Olympics rather than the games four years earlier following the announcement last month that Sapporo, Japan will bid for 2030, organizing committee members said Wednesday, Feb. 12, 2020. (AP Photo/Elise Amendola, File)

Salt Lake City eyes 2034 Olympics after Sapporo bid for 2030

By BRADY McCOMBS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2020, file photo, a tourist wearing a mask poses for a photo with the Olympic rings in the background, at Tokyo's Odaiba district. Tokyo Olympic organizers repeated their message at the start of two days of meetings with the IOC: this summer's games will not be cancelled or postponed by the coronavirus spreading neighboring China. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Tokyo, IOC officials reiterate that the Olympics are on

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 3, 1972, file photo, the white five-ringer Olympic flag, which has been in the custody of Genoble since the winter games in 1968, is handed over by French skier Ingrid Lafforgue, with due ceremony in Sapporo. The city of Sapporo is the first to officially bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics and becomes the early favorite after the Japanese Olympic Committee approved its candidate file late Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. Sapporo was host to the 1972 Winter Olympics and could face competition from Salt Lake City in the United States, which is also being mentioned as a possible bidder, along with Barcelona and a bid tied to the Pyrenees. At right is Avery Brundage, the president of the IOC. (AP Photo, File)

Sapporo takes lead in bidding for 2030 Winter Olympics

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

In this photo provided by the IOC, Zuzana Kursova of Czech Republic, and her compatriot Katerina Machackova, train behind their coach on the Speed Skating Oval in St Moritz during the Winter Youth Olympic Games, Lausanne, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. (Thomas Lovelock/OIS, IOC via AP)

New Olympic hosting ideas tested at Lausanne Youth Games

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Thomas Bach, president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), delivers a speech during the 135th Session of the IOC on the sideline of the the 3rd Winter Youth Olympic Games Lausanne 2020, at the SwissTech Convention Centre, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 10, 2020. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

IOC president defends rules limiting Olympic protests

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach attends a press conference after the executive board meeting of the IOC at the Olympic House, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

IOC details rules on political protests at Olympics

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach, left, and IOC member and former swimmer Kirsty Coventry, right, speak during a press conference after the executive board meeting of the IOC, at the Olympic House, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 9, 2020. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

IOC bans taking a knee, raising a fist as political protests at Olympics

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

IOC seeks German TV’s evidence of weightlifting corruption

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FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 6, 2012 file photo, gold medalist Oleksiy Torokhtiy of Ukraine participates in the medal presentation after the men's 105-kg weightlifting competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Ukrainian weightlifter Oleksiy Torokhtiy has been stripped of the gold medal he won at the 2012 Olympics and banned for doping.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan, File)

Olympic weightlifting champion Torokhtiy banned for doping

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FILE - In this Aug. 15, 2019, file photo, athletes dive into the water at the start line during a women's triathlon test event at Odaiba Marine Park, a venue for marathon swimming and triathlon at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, in Tokyo. The IOC moved next year’s Tokyo Olympic marathons and race walks out of the Japanese capital to avoid the stifling heat and humidity. Some swimmers and an 11,000-member coaching body want similar treatment: find an alternative to the distance-swimming venue in Tokyo Bay known as the “Odaiba Marine Park.”(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Hot Water: Pressure to move Tokyo Olympics open-water venue

By STEPHEN WADE and ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov listens to Iceland's Minister for Foreign Affairs Gudlaugur Thor Thordarson during their meeting in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2019. Lavrov cast the WADA's compliance review committee's proposal of a four-year ban on hosting major events in Russia and a ban for the same period on flying the Russian flag at major competitions as part of Western efforts to sideline Russia by accusing it of misconduct in various spheres. (Russian Foreign Ministry Press Service via AP)

IOC angered by Russian gov’t in denial over doping scandal

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

In this June 7, 2019, photo, International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach arrives to meet French President Emmanuel Macron at the Elysee Palace in Paris. An international trade union wants Bach to intervene and investigate alleged labor and safety violations at venues being built for next year’s Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Francois Mori, File)

IOC’s Bach asked to intervene in Tokyo Olympic labor dispute

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 25, 2016, file photo, official logos of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, left, and the 2020 Tokyo Paralympic Games are displayed by the Tokyo Organizing Committee, in Tokyo. Tokyo’s Olympic marathons and race walks, which moved last month to the northern city of Sapporo to avoid the capital’s summer heat, is likely to start and finish in the city’s Odori Park according to officials Monday. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)

Bach says opponents of Olympic marathon move wanted an edge

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 2, 2019, file photo, International Olympic Committee president Thomas Bach speaks at the opening of the executive board meeting of the IOC at the Olympic House in Lausanne, Switzerland. The incoming leader of the World Anti-Doping Agency asked for more money. The International Olympic Committee said `yes.’ IOC president Thomas Bach pledged $10 million to fight doping in sports, half of which would go toward storing samples from pre-Olympics testing for 10 years and the other half toward investigations and research.(Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)

Paris mayor troubled by new Olympic sponsor Airbnb

By ROB HARRIS and SAMUEL PETREQUIN - Associated Press

IOC’s large role in anti-doping creates conflict of interest

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, file photo, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike speaks to reporters after a meeting with International Olympic Committee officials in Tokyo. The International Olympic Committee abruptly announced two weeks ago it was moving next year’s Olympic marathon from Tokyo to the northern city of Sapporo. The change has infuriated Koike and created a public fight between the powerful, Switzerland-based IOC, and Tokyo which is spending about $25 billion to organize the Olympics - 80% public money. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

Tokyo gives in: Olympic marathons head north to Sapporo

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, Oct. 30, 2019, file photo, Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike, right, shakes hands with International Olympic Committee member John Coates during their meeting in Tokyo. The IOC abruptly announced two weeks ago it was moving next year’s Olympic marathon from Tokyo to the northern city of Sapporo. Coates, who supervises Tokyo preparations, said the decision was made based on “what we saw in Doha, Qatar.” (Kyodo News via AP)

Q&A: Things to know about feud over Tokyo’s Olympic marathon

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Yuki Kawauchi, of Japan, runs as the bell for the final lap is rung during the men's marathon at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Sunday, Oct. 6, 2019. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty)

Olympic marathons set to move out of Tokyo to cooler north

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 28, 2015, file photo, Alberto Salazar is shown at the U.S. track and field championships in Eugene, Ore. Salazar was excited about a performance-enhancing supplement he was trying out on his runners. The supplement ended up triggering a drawn-out investigation that led to Salazar’s four-year suspension from track and field. (AP Photo/Ryan Kang, File)

IOC seeks info on Salazar doping, impact on Olympic races

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press