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Jose Daniel Zapata Arisrizabal, of Colombia, practices during an Olympic qualifying skateboarding event at Lauridsen Skatepark, Wednesday, May 19, 2021, in Des Moines, Iowa. The questions under the magnifying glass at this past weekend's Dew Tour — one of the last major qualifying events for the games in Tokyo in July — were whether the Olympics is ready for skateboarding and, more tellingly, whether skateboarding is ready for the Olympics. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) **FILE**

Ready or not, skateboarding takes its show to the Olympics

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach delivers an opening speech on a screen at a meeting of the IOC Coordination Commission for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in Tokyo on Wednesday, May 19, 2021, while Tokyo 2020 Olympics organizing committee President Seiko Hashimoto listens. Bach, Hashimoto, Japanese Olympic Minister Tamayo Marukawa and Tokyo Gov. Yuriko Koike attended a three-day meeting. (Yoshikazu Tsuno/Pool Photo via AP)

IOC offers Tokyo medical help amid calls to cancel Olympics

By Stephen Wade - The Washington Times

People carry a banner reading "Extinguish the Olympic torch" during a march, calling for the cancellation of the 2020 Tokyo Olympics to be held in the middle of a pandemic, in Tokyo, Monday, May 17, 2021. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Japanese doctors call for Olympics cancelation

By Andy Kostka - The Washington Times

A man wearing a protective mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks past a banner for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo Tuesday, May 11, 2021. The Japanese capital confirmed more than 920 new coronavirus cases on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Frustration in Japan as PM Yoshihide Suga pushes Olympics despite the coronavirus

By Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 28, 2021, file photo, IOC President Thomas Bach, on a screen, waves to Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee President Seiko Hashimoto at the start of a five-party meeting of Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games in Tokyo. Bach has canceled a trip in May 2021 to Japan because of surging cases of COVID-19 in the country, the Tokyo Olympic organizing committee said Monday, May 10, 2021 in a statement. Hashimoto said last week that the trip would be “tough” for Bach to make, which was interpreted in Japan as meaning it was canceled. (Franck Robichon/Pool Photo via AP, File)

IOC’s Thomas Bach cancels Japan trip because of virus cases

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Sebastian Coe, president of World Athletics, listens to a reporter's question during a press conference as Coe visited an athletics test event for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics Games at National Stadium in Tokyo, Sunday, May 9, 2021. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

Two Tokyo Olympics: Inside and outside the National Stadium

By STEPHEN WADE and YURI KAGEYAMA - Associated Press

A nurse receives the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Fujita Health University Hospital in Toyoake, Aichi prefecture, central Japan, on March 8, 2021. Some nurses in Japan are incensed at a request from Tokyo Olympic organizers to have 500 of them dispatched to help out with the games. They say they’re already near the breaking point dealing with the coronavirus pandemic. (Kyodo News via AP)

Tokyo Games need 500 nurses; nurses say needs are elsewhere

By YURI KAGEYAMA and STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

More tests and still more questions loom over Tokyo Olympics

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga declares a state of emergency for Tokyo and three other prefectures during the government task force meeting for the COVID-19 measures at the prime minister's office Friday, April 23, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, Pool)

Tokyo under ‘emergency orders’ with Olympics 3 months away

By Stephen Wade and Mari Yamaguchi - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 14, 2021, file photo, Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games mascot Miraitowa poses with a display of Olympic Symbol after an unveiling ceremony of the symbol on Mt. Takao in Hachioji, west of Tokyo to mark 100 days before the start of the Olympic Games. Japan is set to raise the coronavirus alert level in Tokyo’s three neighboring prefectures and a forth area in central Japan to allow tougher measures as a more contagious coronavirus variant spreads and doubts are growing whether the Olympics can go ahead. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Head of Tokyo Olympics again says games will not be canceled

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

A bird rests with a backdrop of the Olympic rings floating in the water in the Odaiba section Thursday, April 8, 2021, in Tokyo. Two top officials of Japan's ruling LDP party on Thursday, April 15, 2021, said radical changes could be coming to the Tokyo Olympics. One went as far to suggest they still could be canceled, and the other that even if they proceed, it might be without any fans. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko) **FILE**

Officials say Olympic cancellation, no fans still an option

By Mari Yamaguchi and Yuri Kageyama - Associated Press

The last Olympic torch relay runner for the Osaka leg concludes the event in Suita, north of Osaka, western Japan, Wednesday, April 14, 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)

Tokyo takes on steep price to hold Olympics

By Stephen Wade - Associated Press

FILE - 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. Organizers and the International Olympic Committee are pushing on despite COVID-19 risks, myriad scandals, and overwhelming public opposition in Japan to holding the games. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)

100 Days: Tokyo Olympics marked by footnotes and asterisks

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 25, 2021, file photo, the celebration cauldron is seen lit on the first day of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic torch relay in Naraha, Fukushima prefecture, northeastern Japan. The governor of Osaka prefecture said on Thursday that he wants to cancel the Olympic torch relay legs going through Osaka later this month. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Tokyo Olympic torch relay taken off streets of Osaka

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Kyle Dake off to Tokyo after sweeping Burroughs at US trials

Associated Press

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

Associated Press

United States' Sebastian Soto reacts at the end of a Concacaf Men's Olympic qualifying championship semi-final soccer match against Honduras in Guadalajara, Mexico, Sunday, March 28, 2021. Honduras defeated United States 2-1, qualifying for the upcoming Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Fernando Llano) **FILE**

Olympic failures show structural issues for US Soccer, MLS

By Ronald Blum - Associated Press

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

In this Oct. 16, 1968, file photo, U.S. athletes Tommie Smith, center, and John Carlos extend gloved hands skyward in racial protest during the playing of national anthem after Smith received the gold and Carlos the bronze for the 200 meter run at the Summer Olympic Games in Mexico City. Australian silver medalist Peter Norman is at left. The U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee will allow raised fists and kneeling during the national anthem at upcoming Olympic trials. The USOPC released a nine-page document to offer guidance about the sort of “racial and social demonstrations” that will and won't be allowed by the hundreds of athletes who will compete for spots on the U.S. team in various sports. (AP Photo/File). **FILE**

Raised fists, kneeling during anthem OK at U.S. Olympic trials

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

Two women take a selfie with the Olympic rings in the background in the Odaiba section of Tokyo, Thursday, March 12, 2020. Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike spoke Thursday after the World Health Organization labeled the spreading virus a &quot;pandemic,&quot; a decision almost certain to affect the Tokyo Olympics. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

EXPLAINER: Tokyo Olympics march on without fans from abroad

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press