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FILE - In this March 1928, file photo, the world's greatest sprinters are off from their marks at the start of one of the heats in the 100-meter race at the Opening of the Olympic games in Amsterdam, The Netherlands. Percy Williams, an unknown schoolboy from Canada, captured the finals. (AP Photo/File)

1928 Amsterdam: Women’s track, gymnastics debut at Olympics

By HOWARD FENDRICH - Associated Press

FILE - In this 1924 file photo, olympians Johnny Weissmuller, left, and Duke Kahanamoku are seen at the 1924 Olympic games in Paris. (AP Photo/File)

Paris Olympics in 1924 set stage for Hollywood endings

By CHRIS LEHOURITES - Associated Press

Kentucky State Police hold fundraiser for Special Olympics

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In a photo provided by NBC Sports, Molly Solomon, executive producer and president of NBC's Olympics production unit, poses for a photo in March 2020. With the Summer Olympics postponed a year due to the coronavirus, Solomon and her team have reset their countdown clocks while trying to adjust to a new set of challenges. Any Olympics provides plenty of compelling storylines, but Solomon says Tokyo takes on bigger importance with everything that has transpired worldwide this year. (Zi Wang/NBC Sports via AP)

NBC resets focus for Tokyo while looking ahead to Beijing

By JOE REEDY - Associated Press

FILE - In this 1912 file photo, Albert Gutterson, of the United States, competes in the long jump at the 1912 Olympic Games in Stockholm. Gutterson went on to win the gold. (Pressens Bild/TT via AP)

3 sporting trailblazers light up Stockholm Olympics in 1912

By STEVE DOUGLAS - Associated Press

FILE - This July 1, 1908, file photo, shows the marathon at the 1908 Olympics in London. (PA via AP, File)

Protests, disqualifications stoked controversy at 1908 Games

By ROB HARRIS - Associated Press

FILE - This 1900 file photo shows the eastern part of a busy boulevard in Paris, France in the year 1900. No opening ceremony. No closing ceremony. And many of the athletes at the 1900 Paris Games had no idea they even competed at the Olympics. But the second edition of the Olympics had female athletes competing for the first time. (AP Photo/File)

Paris hosts 1900 Olympics, even though many didn’t know it

By CHRIS LEHOURITES - Associated Press

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - This April 6, 1896, file photo is a general view of the audience at the opening of the first modern Summer Olympic Games held in Athens, Greece. From that modest start in Athens with 241 participants in 43 events, the Olympics have ballooned to include 11,238 athletes vying for 306 gold medals at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. More are expected for the Tokyo Olympics that were postponed one year because of the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/File)

From Zeus to Athens, how the modern Olympics came to be

By JIMMY GOLEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 4, 2020, file photo, people wearing masks walk past the Olympic rings near the New National Stadium in Tokyo. Local Japanese sponsors have chipped in a record $3.3 billion to organize the postponed Tokyo Olympics. That's almost 60% of the income for the privately funded operating budget. With the games delayed for a year, sponsors will be asked to sign up again. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Tokyo Olympics must firm up $3.3 billion in sponsor income

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

US Olympic boxer cleared of doping violation caused by sex

By GREG BEACHAM - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 4, 2020, file photo, people wearing masks walk past the Olympic rings near the New National Stadium in Tokyo. It's been 2 1/2 months since the Tokyo Olympics were postponed until next year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. So where do the games stand? So far, many ideas about how the Olympic can take place are being floated by the International Olympic Committee, Japanese officials and politicians, and in unsourced Japanese newspaper articles coming from local organizers and politicians. The focus is on soaring costs, fans, or no fans, possible quarantines for athletes, and cutting back to only “the essentials.&quot; (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Q&A: State of Tokyo Olympics 2 1/2 months after postponement

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

In this March 3, 2020, file photo, the New National Stadium, a venue for the opening and closing ceremonies at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, is seen from Shibuya Sky observation deck in Tokyo. The Tokyo Olympics were postponed a month ago. But there are still more questions than answers about the new opening on July 23, 2021, and what form those games will take. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

Tokyo Olympics: Questions, few answers in face of pandemic

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

In this screen shot image made from a video news conference by Foreign Correspondents' Club of Japan (FCCJ) in Tokyo, Japanese professor Kentaro Iwata speaks Monday, April 20, 2020. Iwata says he is “very pessimistic” the Olympics can be held next year in Japan. (FCCJ via AP)

Japan scientist ‘very pessimistic’ Olympics will happen

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 10, 1964, file photo, Japanese runner Yoshinori Sakai lights the Olympic cauldron during the opening ceremony of the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Sakai was born in Hiroshima on Aug. 6, 1945, the day the nuclear weapon destroyed that city. The 1964 Tokyo Olympics are being remembered fondly following the postponement until 2021 of the Tokyo 2020 Games. The '64 Olympics were the first to be televised internationally using communication satellites. (AP Photo/File)

‘64 Tokyo Olympics: A man from Hiroshima lights the cauldron

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

A man wearing a protective face mask walks near the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Thursday, April 2, 2020, in Tokyo. The new coronavirus causes mild or moderate symptoms for most people, but for some, especially older adults and people with existing health problems, it can cause more severe illness or death. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Olympic delay adds workload, costs and cash flow uncertainty

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

A man takes pictures of a countdown display for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics Tuesday, March 31, 2020, in Tokyo. The countdown clock is ticking again for the Tokyo Olympics. They will be July 23 to Aug. 8, 2021. The clock read 479 days to go. This seems light years away, but also small and insignificant compared to the worldwide fallout from the coronavirus. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

The countdown clock is clicking again for the Tokyo Olympics

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 20, 2020, file photo, Olympic gold medalists Tadahiro Nomura, right, and Saori Yoshida light the torch as Tokyo 2020 Olympics chief Yoshiro Mori, left, watches during Olympic Flame Arrival Ceremony at Japan Air Self-Defense Force Matsushima Base in Higashimatsushima in Miyagi Prefecture, north of Tokyo. Tokyo Olympic organizers seem to be leaning away from starting the rescheduled games in the spring of 2021. More and more the signs point toward the summer of 2021. Organizing committee President Mori suggested there would be no major change from 2020. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)

Tokyo Olympics rescheduled for July 23-Aug. 8 in 2021

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Q&A: Tokyo Olympics move to 2021; countless questions remain

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Officials light a lantern from the Olympic Flame at the end of a flame display ceremony in Iwaki, northern Japan, Wednesday, March 25, 2020. IOC President Thomas Bach has agreed &quot;100%&quot; to a proposal of postponing the Tokyo Olympics for about one year until 2021 because of the coronavirus outbreak. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Tokyo’s delayed Olympics: Who pays bills for another year?

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press