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FILE - In this Oct. 16, 1968 file photo, U.S. athletes Tommie Smith, center, and John Carlos raise their gloved fists after Smith received the gold and Carlos the bronze for the 200 meter run at the Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City. Some athletes are criticizing the International Olympic Committee for prohibiting political protests on the medal podium. Olympic officials reminded athletes last week not to make political statements at the Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/File)

Soccer players union promises to defend Olympic protesters

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Aug. 18, 2016, file photo, United States' Helen Louise Maroulis celebrates after winning the gold medal during the women's 53-kg freestyle wrestling competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Maroulis was one of the most celebrated Olympians in 2016 when she became the first American to win a gold medal in women’s wrestling, and she was expected to be one of the faces of the sport in Tokyo in 2020. She still might be if she’s able to qualify. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File)

Maroulis back on track in bid to go for more gold in Tokyo

By ERIC OLSON - Associated Press

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

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

Correction: WADA-New President story

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

In this Feb. 12, 2019, photo, a worker walks past one of construction sites for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo. The price of the opening and closing ceremony for the Tokyo Olympics has risen about 40 percent according to numbers released by the organizing committee. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Victory for Olympic athletes in Germany to promote sponsors

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Olympic powerbroker indicted, faces Swiss forgery trial

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Friday, May 5, 2017 file photo, Incumbent head of Kenya's National Olympic Committee Kipchoge 'Kip' Keino, attends a meeting on the day committee elections were supposed to take place in Nairobi, Kenya. Kenya's director of public prosecutions said on Sunday, Oct. 14, 2018 that distance-running great Keino and six other former officials will be charged with corruption relating to the alleged misappropriation of more than $545,000 that was meant to help fund the country's team at the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. Keino, a trailblazer for Kenyan runners and a gold medalist at the 1968 Olympics, was head of the national Olympic committee until last year. (AP Photo/Sayyid Abdul Azim, File)

Keino given more time to report to police in corruption case

By MUTWIRI MUTUOTA and GERALD IMRAY - Associated Press

U.S. Olympic Committee Acting CEO Susanne Lyons testifies before the House Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee about the Olympic community's ability to protect athletes from sexual abuse, on Capitol Hill in Washington, Wednesday, May 23, 2018. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Lawmakers: Funding, urgency lacking in Olympic abuse crisis

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 29, 2012, file photo, Bela Karolyi, left, and his wife, Martha Karolyi, talk on the arena floor before the start of the preliminary round of the women's Olympic gymnastics trials in San Jose, Calif. Two lawsuits filed this spring against the U.S. Olympic Committee illustrate the peril the USOC finds itself in over its handling of decades' worth of sex-abuse cases, while shining a light on the murky relationship the federation has with the sports organizations it oversees.Martha and Bela Karolyi are suing the USOC, along with USA Gymnastics, seeking damages for the canceled sale of their famed Texas training center _ a transaction that tanked in the wake of sex-abuse cases involving team doctor Larry Nassar. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull, File)

Sex-abuse lawsuits illustrate USOC’s difficult path

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

Chris Dempsey, co-chair of the No Boston Olympics initiative, speaks during a meeting about Denver submitting a bid to host a future edition of the Winter Olympics Saturday, March 10, 2018, in Denver. Opponents and proponents of the idea to host a Winter Olympics in Colorado squared off at the debate. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

The Latest: Lamm, Dempsey back Colorado Olympic vote

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United States' Nathan Chen performs in the men's single short program team event at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

What to watch from Pyeongchang Olympics on Day 6

By MAGAN CRANE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 11, 2008 file photo, Telefonica Black skipper Fernando Echavarri from Spain takes his son onto the yacht before the start of the Volvo Ocean race in Alicante, Spain. Spain's Olympic gold-medal winning sailor says he's &quot;lucky to have survived&quot; after being robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro as he and two fellow Spaniards were walking to breakfast. Echavarri spoke the Associated Press on Monday, May 23, 2016, three days after the assault, and says &quot;we were confident, but being confident in Rio is not a good thing.&quot; Echavarri and members of the Spanish team have been training in Rio for almost two weeks, preparing for South America's first Olympics. (AP Photo/Alberto Saiz, File)

Olympic gold-medal sailor tells of gunpoint robbery in Rio

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press