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A boy rides his bike in a poor area of the Mare slum complex in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Saturday, April 5, 2014. More than 2,000 Brazilian soldiers stormed into the slum complex Saturday with armored personnel carriers and helicopters in a bid to improve security two months before the start of the World Cup. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

After Sochi, IOC turns attention to delays in Rio

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

FILE - This is a Nov. 1, 2010 file photo of International Olympic Committee member, Dick Pound as he poses in London, Ontario Canada. Senior Canadian IOC member Dick Pound has been given a key role in Olympic broadcasting. The IOC said Friday April 4, 2014 that Pound has been appointed chairman of the board of Olympic Broadcasting Services. (AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Dave Chidley, File)

Canada’s Pound assigned Olympic broadcast role

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

IOC president meets Saudi Olympic chief in Riyadh

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Bach visits Qatar, talks about World Cup with emir

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, listens to Chairman of the IOC Coordination Commission for Sochi 2014 Jean-Claude Killy during a Council of Physical Fitness and Sports in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, Monday, March 24, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

French ski great Killy resigns as IOC member

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

A beachgoer reaches down to touch the Black Sea as Fisht Olympic Stadium stands in the background, home of tonight's 2014 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Future of multibillion Sochi investment unclear

By NATALIYA VASILYEVA - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach answers a question during a news conference at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

SOCHI SCENE: Bach’s speech

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, center, talks with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, left, in the presidential lounge before the 2014 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman, Pool)

SOCHI SCENE: ‘We leave as friends’

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United States' Julie Chu, right, carries the flag during the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Darron Cummings)

Sochi Olympics: The Games were expensive, but they were a success

By John Leicester - Associated Press

Dan Hamhuis of Canada (5), goalkeeper Carey Price of Canada (31), Jonathan Toews of Canada (16) and Shea Weber of Canada (6) celebrate their 3-0 win over Sweden in the men's gold medal ice hockey game at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)

Canada rules rink, a flame dies, an Olympics ends

By FRED LIEF - Associated Press

An Olympic volunteer sits on the beach along the Black Sea ahead of tonight's 2014 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Costly, political, successful: Sochi Olympics end

By JOHN LEICESTER - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach answers a question during a news conference at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Bach hails ‘amazing’ transformation of Sochi

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

In this Feb. 9, 2014 photo Austria's Johannes Duerr competes during the men's cross-country 30k skiathlon at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Duerr has been kicked out of the Sochi Games after testing positive for EPO, the country's Olympic committee said Sunday, Feb 23, 2014. It is the fifth doping case of the Olympics and the first involving the blood-boosting drug EPO. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

IOC confident in success of anti-doping program

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach answers a question in his office during an Associated Press interview at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 22, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Morry Gash)

Bach singles out Ukrainian win as standout moment

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

Human rights pledge urged for future Olympic hosts

By DAVID CRARY - Associated Press

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach sit at a cafe along the promenade on the Black Sea near the Olympic Park at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Bach praises ‘great dignity’ of Ukrainian athletes

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Russian President Vladimir Putin wears a Team USA pin while visiting USA House in the Olympic Village during the 2014 Winter Olympics on Friday, Feb. 14, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/Marianna Massey, USOC Pool)

Olympics: Earth’s most political apolitical event

By TED ANTHONY - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach, left, speaks to Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, right, at the Alpine ski venue during the men's downhill at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 9, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Gero Breloer)

IOC cancels daily trouble-shooting meetings

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Olympic viewing: NBC’s opening ceremony editing

By DAVID BAUDER - Associated Press