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Tracy Marek, chief executive officer of U.S. Figure Skating, looks over the empty boxes that should contain the medals won by members of the U.S. figure skating team in the Beijing Olympics last year, as they sit in a display case in the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Museum on Thursday, June 22, 2023, in Colorado Springs, Colo. The figure skaters await their medals while a doping case involving a Russian skater plays out. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

Olympic skaters still missing medals 500 days later

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach speaks at the opening of the extraordinary hybrid 140th IOC Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at the Olympic House, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Thursday, June 22, 2023. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

Olympic leader Bach criticizes Ukraine for blocking athletes from some Paris Games qualifiers

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

The Olympic rings are set up in Paris, France, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017 at Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, a day after the official announcement that the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will be in the French capital. An IOC inspection team has given a resounding thumbs-up to Paris’ preparations for the 2024 Olympic Games. The IOC said Wednesday that Paris organizers are where they should be in their planning with 415 days to go before the opening ceremony. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

IOC banishes boxing governing body from Olympics, but the sport will still be at the Paris Games

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

School girls play in the grounds of a rural school in Bamiyan, Afghanistan, Sunday, June 18, 2023. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

IOC warns Afghanistan about Paris Olympics status over denying sports to women and girls

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach speaks at the opening of the executive board meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at the Olympic House, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 20, 2023.(Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

Paris 2024 Olympics headquarters searched in third consecutive Summer Games scandal

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The Olympic rings are set up in Paris, France, Thursday, Sept. 14, 2017 at Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, a day after the official announcement that the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will be in the French capital. French investigators searched the headquarters of Paris Olympic organizers on Tuesday in a probe into suspected corruption, according to the national financial prosecutor's office. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Paris Olympics could join a longer list of Games marred by scandal

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

FILE - The building which houses Japanese advertising giant Dentsu is seen in Tokyo, Japan Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. Japanese marketing giant Dentsu will no longer be major broadcast rights holder for the IOC while it face criminal charges for alleged corruption linked to the Tokyo Olympics. (Kyodo News via AP, File)

Facing Olympic corruption charges, Dentsu out as IOC broadcast partner in Asia

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Stockholm-Are delegation members celebrate during the presentation final presentation of the Stockholm-Are candidate cities the first day of the 134th Session of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), at the SwissTech Convention Centre, in Lausanne, on June 24, 2019. Sweden is moving closer to a ninth bid to host the Winter Olympics for the first time in what's shaping up to be a race for the 2030 Games with only one obvious candidate. Swedish sports officials say there's a desire for the Nordic country to stage the Olympics following a four-month feasibility study. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)

Sweden moves closer to launching a bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics

By Graham Dunbar and Steve Douglas - Associated Press

Russia's Muslim Gadzhimagomedov, red, fights with Italia's Aziz Abbes Mouhiidine during the men's heavyweight final of the IBA Boxing World Championships, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, Sunday, May 14, 2023. (AP Photo)

IOC recommends terminating boxing body’s Olympic status

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The Olympic rings are seen in front of the Paris City Hall, in Paris, Sunday, April 30, 2023. French security experts have expressed misgivings about size and complexity of the security operation that will be needed to safeguard Paris' ambitions for the unprecedented opening gala along the River Seine (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)

Future of Olympic boxing body on agenda at IOC meeting on Wednesday

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The Olympic rings are seen in front of the Paris City Hall, in Paris, Sunday, April 30, 2023. French security experts have expressed misgivings about size and complexity of the security operation that will be needed to safeguard Paris' ambitions for the unprecedented opening gala along the River Seine (AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard, File)

Olympic sports leaders meet amid uncertainty over Russians competing at 2024 Paris Games

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Sweden's Minister for Social Affairs and Public Health Jacob Forssmed speaks during his arrival for a meeting of EU sports ministers at the European Council building in Brussels, Monday, May 15, 2023. A boycott of the Paris Olympics by European Union countries is not on the table, the country currently in charge of the 27-nation bloc's presidency said on Monday, urging the International Olympic Committee to exclude Russian and Belarusian athletes from the 2024 Games. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

EU official: IOC puts trust at risk by seeking ways to allow Russia to compete at Olympics

By Samuel Petrequin - Associated Press

The Olympic rings are displayed outside the basketball arena in the Olympic Park before the start of the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, on July 15, 2012. Basketballs international governing body FIBA says Russia has been excluded from qualification for the men's Olympic basketball tournament in Paris next year. The decision was widely expected since FIBA has suspended Russia's teams from international play since shortly after the invasion of Ukraine last year. (AP Photo/Jae Hong) **FILE**

European lawmakers urge for Olympics ban on Russia, Belarus

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Japanese Olympic Committee President Yasuhiro Yamashita, from left, and Sapporo Mayor Katsuhiro Akimoto listen to International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, right, speak during a news conference in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Jan. 11, 2020. Sapporo's bid for the 2030 Winter Olympics has been slowed, but not stopped, by fallout from the still-developing corruption scandal around the 2020 Tokyo Games. (Masashi Inoue/Kyodo News via AP)

Sapporo election could restart bid for 2030 Winter Olympics

By Stephen Wade and Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

A women's singles table tennis match is being played at the 2012 Summer Olympics, on July 31, 2012, in London. Table tennis’ governing body plans to allow Russian players back into its events on advice from the International Olympic Committee. The decision by the International Table Tennis Federation paves the way for players from Russia and its ally Belarus to end a year-long exclusion from competitions during Russia’s war in Ukraine.(AP Photo/Sergei Grits, File)

Table tennis plans to allow Russians back, on IOC advice

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International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach speaks at the opening of the executive board meeting of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, March 28, 2023. The IOC Executive Board is set to discuss the results of consultations regarding the status of athletes from Russia and Belarus in its meeting set to run until March 30. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

IOC recommends return of some Russian athletes to international competition

By Graham Dunbar and James Ellingworth - Associated Press

FILE - Fencers compete in the men's individual semifinal Sabre competition at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 24, 2021, in Chiba, Japan. Four national fencing federations say the International Fencing Federation has voted to allow athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus to resume competing in international events. They have been excluded for more than a year because of the invasion of Ukraine. The decision appears to allow Russians and Belarusians to compete for qualifying spots for next year’s Paris Olympics. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar)

Hundreds of fencers protest against letting Russians compete

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Members of the Geneva branch of Ukrainian society in Switzerland protest during a rally to urge 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) **FILE**

IOC adviser says only Russians linked to war crimes should be banned at Olympics

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

The Olympic rings are set up at Trocadero plaza that overlooks the Eiffel Tower, a day after the official announcement that the 2024 Summer Olympic Games will be in the French capital, in Paris, France, on Sept. 14, 2017. One year after the invasion of Ukraine began, Russia's reintegration into the world of sports threatens to create the biggest rift in the Olympic movement since the Cold War.(AP Photo//Michel Euler, File)

Paris Olympics sports bodies seek IOC clarity on Russia

By Graham Dunbar - Associated Press

Ukrainian sisters Maryna, left, and Vladyslava Aleksiiva speak during a practice session, in Kyiv, Ukraine, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2023. The path to the 2024 Paris Olympics for Ukrainian athletes is clouded by war, anger and pain. Russian bombardments have wrecked training venues. Air raids disrupt training sessions. Athletes have lost family members and friends. Or they worry that they will. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus)

War, anger cloud Ukrainian athletes’ path to Paris Olympics

By John Leicester - Associated Press