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Olympic fan Kyoko Ishikawa shows her cheering at her home Saturday, April 10, 2021, in Tokyo. Ishikawa, president of an IT company, has attended every Summer Olympics since Barcelona in 1992, becoming famous as an unofficial &quot;International Olympic Cheerleader.&quot; She relishes joining in with fans from everywhere to cheer for their athletes. Her headband reads: &quot;Win.&quot; (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

“Super Fan” prepares for Tokyo Olympics without foreign fans

By KOJI UEDA - Associated Press

Brazilian, US surfers win opening WSL event in Australia

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A protester from the Uyghur community living in Turkey holds up an anti-China placard during a protest against the visit of China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi to Turkey, in Istanbul, Thursday, March 25, 2021. Hundreds protested against the Chinese official visit and what they allege is oppression by the Chinese government to Muslim Uyghurs in the far-western Xinjiang province. (AP Photo/Emrah Gurel)

EXPLAINER: Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics and some options

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

A mother and a boy walk by a display of the Olympic rings at the Japan Olympic Museum in Tokyo on Friday, April 2, 2021. Reports in Japan on Tuesday, April 6, 2021, said Tokyo Olympic organizers have canceled a water polo test event set for this weekend. The reports said technical officials were unable to go to Japan because of strict procedures to enter the country. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Tokyo Olympic organizers postpone water polo test event

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 9, 2018, file photo, Kim Yo Jong, right, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister, and Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of North Korea, center, observe with South Korean President Moon Jae-in, second from left, and first lady Kim Jung-sook during the opening ceremony of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Friday, Feb. 9, 2018. North Korea has decided not to participate in this year’s Olympic Games in Tokyo as it continues a self-imposed lockdown amid the coronavirus pandemic. A website run by the North's Sports Ministry said the decision was made during a national Olympic Committee meeting on March 25, 2021 where members prioritized protecting athletes from the “world public health crisis caused by COVID-19.” (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

EXPLAINER: Why is North Korea skipping the Tokyo Olympics?

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

Japanese swimmer Rikako Ikee celebrates after winning the women's 100-meter butterfly at the Japan’s national championships at Tokyo Aquatics Centre in Tokyo, Sunday, April 4, 2021. Ikee on Sunday qualified for the Tokyo Olympics just two years after the was diagnosed with leukemia. (Kyodo News via AP)

Rikako Ikee qualifies for Tokyo Olympic after leukemia

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Kyle Dake off to Tokyo after sweeping Burroughs at US trials

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FILE - J'Den Cox of the United States celebrates his win over Ivan Yankouski of Belarus in the final of men's freestyle 92kg category of the Wrestling World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, in this Monday, Oct. 22, 2018, file photo. Two-time world champion and 2016 Olympic bronze medalist J'den Cox is out of the U.S. Olympic wrestling trials in Fort Worth, Texas, after not making weight Friday, April 2, 2021, USA Wrestling announced. (Tibor Illyes/MTI via AP, File)

Dake gets shot at Burroughs with wins at wrestling trials

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Tom O'Halloran poses for a photographer after Olympic hopefuls were presented their green and gold competition kits in Sydney Wednesday, March 31, 2021, during the unveiling of the uniforms the Australian team will wear during the Tokyo Olympic games. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

One year on, Australian uniforms unveiled for Tokyo Olympics

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FILE - In this March 17, 2021, file photo, people walk past the Olympic rings in Tokyo. The Tokyo Olympics open in under four months, and the torch relay has begun to crisscross Japan with 10,000 runners. Organizers say they are mitigating the risks, but many medial expert aren't convinced.(AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Some medical experts unconvinced about holding Tokyo Games

By YURI KAGEYAMA and STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

World champion Naser gets court date for doping rules case

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FILE - In this Jan. 15, 2020, file photo, shows tickets for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics displayed in Tokyo. Many fans living outside Japan who bought Tokyo Olympic tickets from middlemen - so-called Authorized Ticket Resellers - will not get full refunds. The question of refunds came into play a week ago when local organizers and the Japanese government decided to bar fans from abroad because of the COVID-19 pandemic. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Overseas Tokyo ticket holders may get only partial refunds

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Mexico's Uriel Antuna, left, and United States' Aaron Herrera fight for the ball during a Concacaf Men's Olympic Qualifying championship soccer match in Guadalajara, Mexico, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano)

US plays Honduras for berth in men’s Olympic soccer in Japan

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Japan's Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga speaks during the virtual summit of the leaders of Australia, India, Japan and the U.S., a group known as “the Quad&quot;, at his official residence in Tokyo, Japan, on Friday, March 12, 2021. (Kiyoshi Ota/Pool via AP)

Japanese PM Suga expects to invite Biden to Tokyo Olympics

By STEPHEN WADE and MARI YAMAGUCHI - Associated Press

President of the Russian Olympic Committee Stanislav Pozdnyakov attends a news conference in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, March 25, 2021. Russia is proposing to use music by 19th-century composer Pyotr Tchaikovsky as its replacement anthem for the Tokyo Olympics, the president of the Russian Olympic Committee said Thursday. Russian athletes need a substitute anthem because of the two-year ban on Russia's team name, flag and national anthem from Olympics and world championships imposed in December by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

Russia wants Tchaikovsky music for anthem at Tokyo Olympics

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FILE - In this Tuesday, Jan. 16, 2007 file photo, France's Julie Pomagalski speeds down the Parallel Giant Slalom at the FIS Snowboard World Championship in Arosa, Switzerland. Two-time Olympic snowboarder Julie Pomagalski of France has died in an avalanche in the Swiss Alps. She was 40. Pomagalski competed in the parallel giant slalom at the 2002 Salt Lake City Olympics and the 2006 Turin Olympics, and in 1999 won gold in the snowboard cross at the world championships. The French Ski Federation announced that Pomagalski died Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (AP Photo/Keystone/Alessandro Della Bella, File)

Olympic snowboarder Julie Pomagalski dies in avalanche at 40

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Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike delivers a speech during the Grand Start of the Olympic Torch Relay in Naraha, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan, Thursday, March 25, 2021. The torch relay for the postponed Tokyo Olympics began its 121-day journey across Japan on Thursday and is headed toward the opening ceremony in Tokyo on July 23. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Torch relay for Tokyo Olympics kicks off its 121-day journey

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 24, 2020, file photo, the Olympic Flame burns during a ceremony in Fukushima, Japan. The torch relay is kicking off from northeastern Japan. It will last 121 days and involve 10,000 runners carrying the torch to 47 Japanese prefectures. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

EXPLAINER: Torch relay not just a sideshow in time of COVID

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2021, file photo, a child wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus runs in front of the logos of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Tokyo Olympic organizers and the IOC on Saturday, March 20, 2021 announced a ban on fans from abroad attending the the games, which open on July 23. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Japan spends millions on technology for absent Olympic fans

By YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Wednesday, June 19, 2019, file photo, Juan Martin Del Potro of Argentina plays a return to Denis Shapovalov of Canada during the Queens Club tennis tournament in London. Del Potro announced Monday, March 22, 2021, that he will undergo surgery again on his right knee. He expects to be back on the courts for the Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

Del Potro to have knee surgery, hopes to play in Tokyo

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