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Russia suspended from international soccer, including …

Russia's Georgi Dzhikiya (R) reacts at the end of the FIFA World Cup 2022 qualification football match between Croatia and Russia at the Poljud Stadium in Split on November 14, 2021. (DENIS LOVROVIC/AFP via Getty Images)

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2 coaches involved in Belarus sprinter case removed from …

Belarusian Olympic sprinter Krystsina Tsimanouskaya holds up an Olympic-related T-shirt with the slogan "I Just Want to Run" after her news conference in Warsaw, Poland, on Thursday, Aug. 5, 2021. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski)

Unvaccinated U.S. swimmer Michael Andrew sparks debate …

In this June 19, 2021, file photo, Michael Andrew participates in the men's 50 freestyle during wave 2 of the U.S. Olympic Swim Trials in Omaha, Neb. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson, File)

Australia’s Brisbane picked to host 2032 Olympics

President of the International Olympic Committee Thomas Bach announces Brisbane as the 2032 Summer Olympics host city during the 138th IOC Session at Hotel Okura in Tokyo, Wednesday, July 21, 2021. (Toru Hanai/Pool Photo via AP)

Olympic athletes will put on own medals to protect against …

Andy Murray, of England, smiles as he holds up his gold medal at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, in this Sunday, Aug. 14, 2016, file photo. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Virus worries on the rise in Japan with Tokyo Olympics …

People wearing protective masks wait at a crosswalk as an electric display in the background shows 17 days to Tokyo 2020 Olympics Tuesday, July 6, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Kiichiro Sato)

Breastfeeding Olympians allowed to bring babies to Tokyo …

Yumenoshima Park Archery Field is pictured from a helicopter on June 26, 2021 in Tokyo, Japan. (Photo by Carl Court/Getty Images)

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Japanese LGBTQ groups and supporters stage rally …

Dozens of LGBTQ activists and supporters of equal rights laws gather at the Shibuya district Sunday June 6, 2021, in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Mari Yamaguchi)

10,000 volunteers drop out with Tokyo Olympics just …

People walk past the countdown clock for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games near Shimbashi station in Tokyo, Thursday, June 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Kantaro Komiya)

IOC VP: Tokyo Olympics will open even if Japan remains …

CEO of the Tokyo 2020 Toshiro Muto, left, and President of the Tokyo 2020 Seiko Hashimoto, right, listen to Chairman of the Coordination Commission for the Games of the XXXII Olympiad Tokyo 2020 John Coates, (on screen), delivering a speech during the Tokyo 2020 IOC Coordination Commission press conference on Friday, May 21, 2021 in Tokyo. (Nicolas Datiche/Pool Photo via AP)

Groups alleging human-rights abuses call for boycott …

In this Feb. 3, 2021, file photo, exile Tibetans use the Olympic Rings as a prop as they hold a street protest against the holding of the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics, in Dharmsala, India.

Petition calling for Tokyo Olympics to be canceled …

A representative of an anti-Olympics group holds boards showing the current figure of an online petition calling for the cancellation of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics and Paralympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Petition to cancel Tokyo Olympics gains tens of thousands …

In this March 25, 2021, file photo, a "No Olympics" banner is placed by protesters in Tokyo during a demonstration against the going ahead of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae, File)

Torch relay for pandemic-delayed Tokyo Olympics kicks …

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. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP)