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A man walks past a welcome sign at the entrance on the first day of the 141st International Olympic Committee (IOC) session in Mumbai, India, Sunday, Oct. 15, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

IOC warns countries that block athletes for political reasons risk harming Olympic host bids

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach arrives to attend the first day of the executive board meeting of the IOC ahead of the upcoming 141st IOC session in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Russian athletes won’t be barred from the Paris Olympics despite their country’s suspension

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International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach speaks on the first day of the executive board meeting of the IOC ahead of the upcoming 141st IOC session in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023. (AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

Climate change sees IOC aim to choose hosts of 2030 and 2034 Winter Olympics at same time next July

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A security guard stands at the entrance of a venue ahead of the upcoming 141st International Olympic Committee (IOC) session in Mumbai, India, Thursday, Oct. 12, 2023.(AP Photo/Rafiq Maqbool)

IOC suspends Russian Olympic Committee for incorporating Ukrainian sports regions

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Andrzej Duda, president of Poland, addresses the 78th session of the United Nations General Assembly at United Nations headquarters, Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2023. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Poland says it wants to pursue hosting 2036 Olympics

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Sunny Choi, B-Girl Sunny, competes in a semifinal during the a Breaking for Gold Big Apple breakdancing regional competition Saturday, April 22, 2023, in the Brooklyn borough of New York. Choi won the competition. The hip-hop dance form makes its official debut at the Paris Games in 2024. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

U.S. breaking pros want to preserve Black roots, original style of hip-hop dance form at Olympics

By Aaron Morrison - Associated Press

Michelle Yeoh accepts the award for best performance by an actress in a leading role for "Everything Everywhere All at Once" at the Oscars on March 12, 2023, in Los Angeles. Yeoh has been proposed by the International Olympic Committee to become one of its members. The IOC currently has 99 invited members which include a global selection of royalty, sports officials, former athletes plus leaders from politics and industry. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello, File)

Oscar winner Michelle Yeoh may soon add another role to her resume: Olympic committee member

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India's Shubman Gill plays a shot during the Asia Cup cricket match between India and Nepal in Pallekele, Sri Lanka on Monday, Sep. 4. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena)

Cricket, breakdancing, 7 other sports still waiting for word on 2028 Los Angeles Olympic status

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Evgeny Rylov of the Russian Olympic Committee poses with his gold medal for the men's 100-meter backstroke final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, July 27, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. A statement from swimming's world governing body, FINA, on Thursday, April 21, 2022, announced that Rylov has been banned from the sport for nine months for appearing at a rally in support of President Vladimir Putin and Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader, File)

Swimming sets ‘strict’ rules for individual Russians to return to competition before Paris Olympics

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

President of World Athletics, Sebastian Coe gestures during a press conference ahead of the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday Aug. 17, 2023. (Martin Rickett/PA via AP)

Seb Coe as IOC president? ‘Haven’t ruled it in, haven’t ruled it out’

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

Olga Kharlan of Ukraine reacts after defeating Cyrielle Rioux of France during the women's FIE fencing sabre grand prix competition in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 29, 2023. Ukraine has signaled it will no longer bar its athletes from competing against Russians who are taking part in sporting events as “neutral athletes." That would be a significant easing of its boycott policy a year before the Paris Olympics. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

IOC assures Ukraine fencer of Olympics spot after DQ for not shaking hands with Russian opponent

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Olga Kharlan of Ukraine reacts after defeating Cyrielle Rioux of France during the women's FIE fencing sabre grand prix competition in Seoul, South Korea, Saturday, April 29, 2023. Ukraine has signaled it will no longer bar its athletes from competing against Russians who are taking part in sporting events as “neutral athletes." That would be a significant easing of its boycott policy a year before the Paris Olympics. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

Ukraine eases its sports boycott policy to compete against some Russians ahead of Olympics

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FILE - Sheikh Ahmad al Fahad al Sabah, left, president of the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC), and IOC President Thomas Bach talk prior to the opening of the ANOC general assembly in Tokyo, Wednesday, Nov. 28, 2018. Long-time Olympic power broker Sheikh Ahmad al-Fahad al-Sabah has been banished by the IOC for three years, it was announced Thursday, July 27, 2023. The International Olympic Committee says he influenced an Olympic Council of Asia election in Asia this month while self-suspended because of a forgery case in Geneva. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, fle)

Olympic power broker sheikh banished for 3 years by IOC for election influence while suspended

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach delivers his speech during IOC invitation ceremony, exactly one year for the 2024 Olympics, Wednesday, July 26, 2023 in Saint-Denis, outside Paris. (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Olympic president invokes John Lennon’s memory as Paris marks 1-year countdown to war-clouded Games

By John Leicester - Associated Press

People exit a Metro station in Paris Thursday, July 20, 2023. Next year, public transport is again expected to play a starring role. Paris 2024 organizers are counting on spectators to rely overwhelmingly on the Paris region's dense network of Metro lines, suburban trains, buses and other transport to help the Games reach its target of halving its carbon footprint compared to previous editions. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

A guide to how Paris will welcome fans and stage 32 sports at the first post-pandemic Olympics

By Graham Dunbar and John Leicester - Associated Press

Members of the Geneva branch of Ukrainian society in Switzerland protest during a rally to urge the International Olympic Committee to reconsider their decision of participation of Russian and Belarusian athletes under white neutral flag at the next 2024 Paris Olympic Games, in front of the IOC headquarters, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Saturday, March 25, 2023. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

Russians can qualify for Olympic spots in some sports. That doesn’t mean they’ll be allowed in Paris

By James Ellingworth - Associated Press

Paris 2024 Olympics Organizing Committee President Tony Estanguet speaks during a press conference at the headquarters of Paris 2024 in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, Tuesday, July 18, 2023. Estanguet said the operating budget for the 2024 Games is "under control" and that partnership deals are on track with one year to go before the opening ceremony. (AP Photo/Christophe Ena)

IOC’s Bach says key to Russian decision for Paris Olympics is athletes’ respectful conduct

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, and Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko speak during their meeting at the Bocharov Ruchei residence in the resort city of Sochi, Russia, Friday, June 9, 2023. Mercenary leader Yevgeny Prigozhin incited a rebellion against Russia's military leaders and marched with his troops toward Moscow but aborted his mutiny when Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko brokered an agreement that included exile for the warlord in Belarus. (Gavriil Grigorov, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)

IOC declines to give Russia and Belarus formal invitations to Paris Olympics 1 year out

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Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine in action during the women's high jump competition at the World Athletics Diamond League Athletissima City event athletics meeting, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Thursday, June 29, 2023. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

IOC leader Bach quizzed by Ukrainian Olympic athlete on Russia issue for 2024 Paris Games

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Ukraine high jumper Yaroslava Mahuchikh, speaks during a press conference ahead of the World Athletics Diamond League Athletissima athletics meeting, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Wednesday, June 28, 2023. The event takes place on Friday. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

Ukrainian high jumper Mahuchikh insists Russians should be excluded from next year’s Paris Olympics

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press