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**FILE** Olympic athlete Victor Ramos carries the flag representing Individual Olympic Athletes onto the field during the opening ceremony for the Summer Olympics Friday, Sept. 15, 2000, at Olympic Stadium in Sydney. Ramos, a boxer, fled his homeland of East Timor following the 1999 violence. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)

‘Shameful and pathetic’: India athletes to compete in Sochi under Olympic flag

By Stephen Wilson - Associated Press

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Israeli flag censored at Swimming World Cup in Qatar

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (second from right, with a red helmet) is briefed about a chemical dam by Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant chief Akira Ono (second from left) as the lawmaker inspects an area along the coast between the No. 1 and No. 2 reactors during his tour of the tsunami-crippled plant in Okuma, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan, on Thursday, Sept. 19, 2013. (AP Photo/Japan Pool)

Japanese leader Shinzo Abe wants Fukushima nuke plant completely scrapped

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

** FILE ** In this Feb. 15, 2011, file photo, Lance Armstrong pauses during an interview in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Thao Nguyen, File)

Lance Armstrong returns 2000 Olympic bronze medal

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In a Sept. 30, 2000 file photo, U.S. cyclist Lance Armstrong waves after receiving the bronze medal in the men's individual time trials at the 2000 Summer Olympics cycling road course in Sydney, Australia. Officials familiar with the decision tell The Associated Press the IOC has stripped Armstrong of his bronze medal from the 2000 Sydney Olympics because of his involvement in doping. Two officials say the IOC sent a letter to Armstrong on Wednesday night, Jan. 16, 2013, asking him to return the medal. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan, File)

Lance Armstrong returns bronze medal from 2000 Olympics

By JIm Vertuno - Associated Press

Thomas Bach, vice president of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), attends a report session during the 125th IOC session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Monday, Sept. 9, 2013. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Thomas Bach, former Olympic gold medalist, is new IOC president

By Stephen Wilson - Associated Press

Spain's delegation attends the IOC session during the Madrid 2020 bid presentation at2wl;d the 125th International Olympic Committee session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. Madrid, Istanbul and Tokyo are competing to host the 2020 Summer Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko)

2020 Olympics host city to be Tokyo or Istanbul; Madrid out

By Stephen Wilson - Associated Press

Members of the Tokyo 2020 delegation celebrate after Tokyo was awarded the 2020 Olympic Games during the 125th IOC session in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Saturday, Sept. 7, 2013. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)

Tokyo to host 2020 Olympics, beating out Istanbul, Madrid

By Stephen Wilson - Associated Press

**FILE** Maka Woodard, left, and Carl Williams, of Lexington, Ky., celebrate a last second game tying goal by the U.S. National Soccer Team against Costa Rica during a FIFA World Cup Qualifier at RFK Stadium in Washington, D.C., Wednesday, October 14, 2009. (Peter Lockley / The Washington Times)

D.C. 2024 Olympics bid has more dreams than details

By Marc Lancaster - The Washington Times

Column: Will NHL be a no-show at Sochi Olympics?

By JIM LITKE - Associated Press

No decision yet on NHL players in Olympics

By IRA PODELL - Associated Press

**FILE** The Aug. 6, 2012 file photo shows Sayed Abdelmonem Hamed of Egypt competing against Zaur Kuramagomedov of Russia (in blue) during the 60-kg Greco-Roman wrestling competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. IOC leaders have dropped wrestling for the 2020 Games in a surprise decision to scrap one of the oldest sports on the Olympic program. The IOC executive board decided Tuesday, Feb. 12, 1013 to retain modern pentathlon — the event considered most at risk — and remove wrestling instead from its list of core sports. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

LANCASTER: In eliminating wrestling, IOC grapples with common sense and loses

By Marc Lancaster - The Washington Times

**FILE** In this Monday, Aug. 6, 2012 file photo Keitani Graham of Micronesia competes against Charles Edward Betts of the United States, right, during the 84-kg Greco-Roman wrestling competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, in London. An official familiar with the decision says IOC leaders have dropped wrestling from the program for the 2020 Olympics. In a surprise decision Tuesday Feb. 12, 2013, the official tells The Associated Press that the IOC executive board decided to retain modern pentathlon and remove wrestling instead. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

IOC decision to eliminate wrestling from 2020 Olympics ‘mind-boggling’

By Stephen Wilson - Associated Press

**FILE** In this Sept. 27, 2000, file photo, USA's Rulon Gardner waves the American flag following his gold medal win against three-time Olympic gold medalist Alexandre Kareline, of Russia, in the Greco-Roman 130 kg final wrestling match at the Summer Games in Sydney. Gardner's epic upset of Russian wrestling great Alexander Karelin in 2000 remains one of the most compelling moments of the modern Olympics. Starting in 2020, youngsters looking to Gardner and Karelin for inspiration won't have a chance to excel on the sport's biggest stage. Gardner and nearly everyone else associated with the sport in the U.S. were jolted Tuesday, Feb. 12, 2013 when International Olympic Committee leaders dropped wrestling from the Summer Games. (AP Photo/Katsumi Kasahara, File)

Rulon Gardner, U.S. wrestlers stunned by IOC decision to drop sport

By Luke Meredith - Associated Press

** File ** United States' Jordan Ernest Burroughs, celebrates after winning against Iran's Sadegh Saeed Goudarzi after the gold medal match at a 74-kg men's freestyle wrestling competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics, Aug. 10, 2012, in London. (Associated Press)

IOC cuts wrestling from 2020 Olympic Games over slumping ratings, ticket sales

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Cyclist Lance Armstrong is interviewed by talk-show host Oprah Winfrey on Monday, Jan. 13, 2013, in Austin, Texas. (AP Photo/Harpo Studios Inc., George Burns)

IOC to Lance Armstrong: We want our bronze medal back

By Stephen Wilson - Associated Press

Nadzeya Ostapchuk of Belarus takes a throw in the women's shot put final at the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London on Monday, Aug. 6, 2012. Ostapchuk became the first athlete to be stripped of a medal at the games after her gold was withdrawn for doping. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)

London Olympics 2012: Belarus shot putter stripped of gold medal

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