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Olympic bodies improve protection for athletes from abuse

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ANOC president Sheikh Ahmad Al Fahad Al Sabah of Kuwait, left, and IOC President Thomas Bach, right, arrive at the general assembly of The Association of National Olympic Committees in Prague, Czech Republic, Thursday, Nov. 2, 2017. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Corruption, doping issues aired at global Olympic meeting

By KAREL JANICEK - Associated Press

FILE- In this Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014 file photo, Russia's gold medal winner Alexander Legkov gestures to the crowd during the flower ceremony of the men's 50K cross-country race at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The International Olympic Committee said Wednesday, Nov. 1st, 2017, cross-country skier Alexander Legkov has been disqualified from all his events at Sochi. Legkov won an individual gold medal and relay silver. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Russian gold medalist disqualified for Sochi Olympics doping

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IOC eases ban on Brazilian body amid Nuzman corruption case

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IOC picks officials to oversee Olympic progress in Paris, LA

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FILE - This is a June 3 , 2013, file photo showing Denis Oswald speaking during a press conference in Lausanne, Switzerland. Oswald, leader of an IOC delegation in charge of reviewing 28 cases involving athletes at Sochi, wrote to the head of the IOC Athletes Commission this week to update the timeline of cases stemming from a report detailing a Russian doping scheme at the 2014 Olympics and beforehand. Investigators expect to have “a number” of doping cases involving Russians at the Sochi Olympics resolved by the end of November, but they have no plans to dictate the eligibility of these athletes for next year’s Winter Games in Pyeongchang. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)

IOC expects decisions on Russian doping cases next month

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 1, 2017, file photo, Scott Blackmun, CEO of the U.S. Olympic Committee, speaks at Yongsan Garrison, a U.S. military base in Seoul, South Korea. Blackmun called on his international counterparts to act immediately on allegations of Russian doping, with now less than four months until the start of the Winter Games. ''The time for action is now,'' Blackmun said in an address Thursday, Oct. 12, to the USOC Assembly. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

USOC CEO to IOC on Russian doping: Time for action is now

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

Carlos Nuzman, President of the Brazilian Olympic Committee, center, is escorted by federal police officers after being taken into custody at his home, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. The president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee was arrested amid an investigation into a vote-buying scheme to bring the Olympics to Rio de Janeiro last year. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

Judge’s ruling will keep Rio Olympic head Nuzman in jail

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, Feb. 9, 2010 file photo, Hans Wuthrich, chief ice-maker from Gimley, Manitoba, places the Olympic logos at the Vancouver Olympic Center before the 2010 Winter Olympic Games, in Vancouver, British Columbia. One athlete tested positive for doping in reanalysis of 1,195 samples from the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, it was announced on Monday, Oct. 9, 2017. The International Olympic Committee says three positive tests in total all came from the same athlete. That athlete was not identified. The IOC says urine samples reanalyzed included from all medalists and all Russian athletes. (AP Photo/Gerry Broome, file)

1 athlete caught doping in 2010 Vancouver Olympic retesting

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Carlos Nuzman, President of the Brazilian Olympic Committee, center, is escorted by federal police officers after being taken into custody at his home, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. The president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee was arrested amid an investigation into a vote-buying scheme to bring the Olympics to Rio de Janeiro last year. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

IOC suspends Olympic official Nuzman in vote-buying case

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Carlos Nuzman, President of the Brazilian Olympic Committee, center, is escorted by federal police officers after being taken into custody at his home, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Thursday, Oct. 5, 2017. The president of the Brazilian Olympic Committee was arrested amid an investigation into a vote-buying scheme to bring the Olympics to Rio de Janeiro last year. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)

President of Brazilian Olympic Committee arrested

By PETER PRENGAMAN and SARAH DiLORENZO - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 25, 2017, file photo, former U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon speaks during a debate in Seoul, South Korea. Former United Nations secretary general Ban Ki-moon has been elected chair of the International Olympic Committee's ethics commission. In his acceptance speech Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017, Ban called his new task &quot;a serious responsibility.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon, File)

Some Olympic leaders impatient with onslaught of scandals

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach speaks during the opening IOC session in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. The IOC will vote to ratify Los Angeles as the host city of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Paris as the host city of the 2024 Games. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Olympic leader confident Games will go on in South Korea

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 13, 2017, file photo, IOC Coordination Commission chairman Alexander Zhukov of Russia speaks during a plenary session of the second IOC Coordination Commission meeting with Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, at a hotel in Beijing. Zhukov tells The Associated Press he expects all of his country's athletes to be in South Korea for the Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Russia doping tension marks final day of IOC meetings

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 13, 2017, file photo, IOC Coordination Commission chairman Alexander Zhukov of Russia speaks during a plenary session of the second IOC Coordination Commission meeting with Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympic Games, at a hotel in Beijing. Zhukov tells The Associated Press he expects all of his country's athletes to be in South Korea for the Winter Olympics. (AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)

Russian leader: Doping won’t keep athletes out of Olympics

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday Dec. 9, 2016 file photo, World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren speaks during a press conference in London. The World Anti-Doping Agency has agreed to dismiss all but one of the first 96 Russian doping cases forwarded its way from sports federations acting on information from a report detailing cheating in the country, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. The cases stem from an investigation by Richard McLaren, who was tasked with detailing evidence of a scheme to hide doping positives at the Sochi Olympics and beforehand.(AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

WADA clears 95 Russian doping cases, still pursuing others

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 5, 2017 file photo, Carlos Nuzman, president of the Brazilian Olympic committee, arrives at Federal Police headquarters in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. ON Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017 a former member of the Brazilian Olympic committee showed the Associated Press letters he sent to the IOC eight years ago warning against awarding the games to Rio de Janeiro, and cautioning against the administration of Carlos Nuzman. (AP Photo/Leo Correa, File)

IOC president warned 8 years ago about Nuzman, Rio Olympics

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

In this photo taken with a lens with rain drops shows the reflection of the Olympic rings on Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, after the vote in Lima, Peru, awarding the 2024 Games to the French capital, in Paris, France, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. Paris will host the 2024 Summer Olympics and Los Angeles will stage the 2028 Games — a pre-determined conclusion that the International Olympic Committee has officially ratified in a history-making vote. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)

Paris celebrates end of 100-year Olympic wait

By MASHA MACPHERSON - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach speaks during the opening IOC session in Lima, Peru, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2017. The IOC will vote to ratify Los Angeles as the host city of the 2028 Olympic and Paralympic Games and Paris as the host city of the 2024 Games. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Olympic double: IOC says yes to Paris in 2024, and LA for 2028

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, addresses the opening IOC session in Lima, Peru, Monday, Sept. 11, 2017. Bach is in Lima for the Wednesday IOC session to vote on the host cities for the next Olympics. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

The Latest: Macron offers congratulations to Paris for 2024

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