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FILE - The entrance of the headquarters of the Paris 2024 Olympics Games is pictured Sunday, Aug. 13, 2023 in Saint-Denis, outside Paris. Organizers of next year's Paris Olympics say their headquarters have again been visited by French financial prosecutors who are investigating suspicions of favoritism, conflicts of interest and misuse of funds in the awarding of Olympic contracts. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Activists urge Paris Olympics organizers to respect the rights of migrants and homeless people

By Angela Charlton - Associated Press

Jordan Chiles of the United States competes on the balance beam during the women's team artistic gymnastics final round at the Pan American Games in Santiago, Chile, Sunday, Oct. 22, 2023. (AP Photo/Martin Mejia)

Gymnast Chiles leads U.S. team to gold against Brazil’s Andrade at Pan American Games

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

United States' Simone Biles, who won a gold medal on the beam, center, is congratulated by Brazil's Rebeca Andrade, right, who won a bronze medal, during the apparatus finals at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, Sunday, Oct. 8, 2023. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

Sports stars get set to compete at Pan American Games in Chile

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CORRECTS NAME - Mongolia's Khandjar Myagmarjav competes during the women's pre-selection for breaking at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Friday, Oct. 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

Mongolia, the land of Genghis Khan, goes modern with breakdancing, esports and 3x3 basketball

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

Paulinho of Brazil´s Atletico Mineiro gives thanks after scoring during the Brasileirao championship soccer match against Botafogo at Arena MRV in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, Saturday, Sept. 16, 2023. Paulinho has become a powerful voice for the often-marginalized practitioners of the Candomble religion. (AP Photos/Thomas Santos)

Soccer player Paulinho won’t let intolerance of his Afro-Brazilian religion stop his faith

By Mauricio Savarese - Associated Press

China's Fan Junjie, left, and Man Sun celebrate with their gold medals after winning the lightweight men's double sculls rowing at the 19th Asian Games in Hangzhou, China, Sunday, Sept. 24, 2023. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)

China sweeps through the gold medals on the opening day of the Asian Games

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

United States players react after the Basketball World Cup bronze medal game between the United States and Canada in Manila, Philippines, Sunday, Sept. 10, 2023. (AP Photo/Michael Conroy) **FILE**

Focus immediately shifts to the Paris Olympics for USA Basketball

By Tim Reynolds - Associated Press

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)

Russia critical of rules allowing some of its swimmers to compete as neutrals ahead of the Olympics

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Athletes dive and swim in the Seine river from the Alexander III bridge on the first leg of the women's triathlon test event for the Paris 2024 Olympics Games in Paris, Thursday, Aug. 17, 2023. In 2024. Paris Olympics organizers and other officials cancelled paratriathlon swimming competition Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023, in the Seine River because of new concerns about water quality. The competition is a key test event ahead of the 2024 Summer Games. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, File)

Water quality worries force cancelation of Paris Olympics swimming test event in Seine River

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Noah Lyles, of the United States, celebrates after winning the gold medal in the Men's 100-meter final during the World Athletics Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Lyles wins world title at 100 meters and sets his sights on more

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

Sha'Carri Richardson grabs the tape as she wins the women's 100 meter finals ahead of Tamara Clark during the U.S. track and field championships in Eugene, Ore., Friday, July 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

Sha’Carri Richardson among stars to watch heading into worlds in Budapest and next year in Paris

By Eddie Pells and Pat Graham - Associated Press

United States head coach Adam Krikorian directs players during a quarterfinal round win over Canada in a women's water polo match at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Tuesday, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. With the Paris Olympics coming up next year, U.S. women's water polo coach Adam Krikorian is feeling the pressure of time. No water polo team — men or women — has won four straight gold medals at the Games. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

U.S. women’s water polo swimming through choppy water in pursuit of a fourth straight Olympic gold

By Jay Cohen - Associated Press

Summer McIntosh of Canada competes during the women's 400m medley final at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Sunday, July 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Canadian McIntosh, 16, secures 2nd swimming worlds gold with win in women’s 400m individual medley

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Leon Marchand of France competes during the men's 200m individual medley final at the World Swimming Championships in Fukuoka, Japan, Thursday, July 27, 2023. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Leon Marchand and Summer McIntosh are sure to star in the pool at Paris Olympics

By Stephen Wade - 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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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

Caeleb Dressel starts the men's 50-meter freestyle final at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Sunday, Aug. 1, 2021, in Tokyo. Dressel didn't qualify for the biggest swim meet of the year. Some of the world's greatest swimmers will miss the world championships as they deal with burnout and the enormous toll that their sport takes on their minds and bodies. (AP Photo/David Goldman, File)

Top swimmers missing world championships as they deal with mental, physical issues

By Paul Newberry - 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 poses after a test for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games opening ceremony, Monday, July 17, 2023 in Paris. Thousands of Olympic athletes on boats will cruise along the River Seine for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26, 2024.(AP Photo/Aurelien Morissard)

Paris Olympic organizing head says budget ‘under control’ a year ahead of 2024 Games

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Caster Semenya, of South Africa, competes during a heat in the women's 5000-meter run at the World Athletics Championships on July 20, 2022, in Eugene, Oregon. The European Court of Human Rights is expected to deliver what could be the final word Tuesday in Olympic champion runner Caster Semenya's yearslong legal challenge against rules that force her and other female athletes to lower their natural hormone levels through medical intervention to be allowed to compete in women's track and field races. (AP Photo/Ashley Landis, File)

Olympic champion Caster Semenya wins human rights case, but testosterone rules may remain for years

By Gerald Imray - Associated Press