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FILE - World Athletics President Sebastian Coe leaves the Court of Arbitration for Sport after a hearing of South Africa's two-time Olympic 800-meter champion runner Caster Semenya, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Feb. 18, 2019. Bans on transgender women in international swimming and rugby this week opened the door for track and field to consider following suit in what could turn into a wave of policy changes in Olympic sports. The announcement Sunday, June 19, 2022, by swimming's governing body, FINA, was followed quickly by a show of support from World Athletics President Sebastian Coe, who was in Hungary for the swimming world championships. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP, File)
Swimming's new transgender policy could impact other sports

By Eddie Pells Jun. 22, 2022 04:57 PM EDT

FILE - Seattle Storm's Lauren Jackson waits to be photographed during the team's media day event, Friday, May 27, 2011, in Seattle. Jackson is set to rejoin the national team at the age of 41 in a bid for another world championship medal Sydney’s Daily Telegraph newspaper reported on Tuesday, June 21, 2022. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson, File)
Lauren Jackson set to return for Australia's Opals at age 41

Jun. 21, 2022 08:35 AM EDT

Thomas Ceccon of Italy waves from the podium after winning the Men 100m Backstroke final setting a new world record at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Monday, June 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Ceccon sets world record, Ledecky claims yet another title

By Ciarán Fahey Jun. 20, 2022 03:34 PM EDT

Katie Ledecky of United States celebrates after finishing first in the women's 400m freestyle final at the 19th FINA World Championships in Budapest, Hungary, Saturday, June 18, 2022. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek)
Ledecky reclaims 400 title at swimming worlds, eyeing more

By Ciarán Fahey Jun. 18, 2022 03:37 PM EDT

Cody Simpson competes during the men's 100m butterfly heats at the Australian swimming championships in Adelaide, Wednesday, May 18, 2022. Taking time out from his singing career to focus on swimming has started to pay off for Simpson, who was selected in the Commonwealth Games swim team after placing third in the 100-meter butterfly event at the Australian trials. (Dave Hunt/AAP Image via AP)
Simpson to swim rather than sing at the Commonwealth Games

May. 23, 2022 01:37 AM EDT

Swimmer Ariarne Titmus sets 400-meter freestyle world record

May. 22, 2022 06:52 AM EDT
ADELAIDE, Australia (AP) — Olympic gold medalist Ariarne Titmus has broken the women’s 400-meter freestyle world record at the Australian swimming championships. ...

In this photo provided by SailGP, Australia SailGP Team helmed by Tom Slingsby sails closely alongside France SailGP Team helmed by Quentin Delapierre during a practice session in Bermuda on May 12, 2022. The Champagne showers from Team Australia's Season 2 championship have barely dried and it's already time for SailGP to start another dash for $1 million in cash. The third season of tech tycoon Larry Ellison's global league starts this weekend on the turquoise water of Bermuda's Great Sound, where, to no one's surprise, Tom Slingsby's juggernaut Aussie crew remains the one to beat. (Thomas Lovelock/SailGP via AP)
Slingsby's Aussies aim for SailGP 3-peat, another $1M check

By Bernie Wilson May. 13, 2022 07:33 PM EDT

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, left, gestures as he holds foil during fencing exhibition at the Olympics Unleashed session at the Yeronga Park Sports Centre in Brisbane, Australia, Saturday, May 7, 2022. Bach was in Brisbane on Saturday for the first time since the Queensland state capital was awarded the 2032 Olympics. (Jason O'Brien/AAP Image via AP)
IOC head in Brisbane for 1st time since city awarded Games

May. 07, 2022 02:51 AM EDT

FILE - China's Han Xu (15) shoots over Serbia's Tina Krajisnik during a women's basketball quarterfinal at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 4, 2021, in Saitama, Japan. After missing the last two seasons while she stayed at home in China, dealing with the COVID lockdowns and training for the Olympics, Han is back in New York. The 22-year-old has grown an inch, standing at 6-foot-10 now and feels more ready to play in the WNBA. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)
China's 6-10 Han among international WNBA players to watch

By Doug Feinberg May. 06, 2022 02:20 AM EDT

FILE - Australian Olympic team chef de mission for the Tokyo Olympics Ian Chesterman speaks at a ceremony to mark 100 days before the Tokyo Olympics begin, in Sydney on April 14, 2021. Chesterman has moved up from vice president to president in voting Saturday, April 30, 2022 to replace departing Australian Olympic Committee chief John Coates. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)
Chesterman elected president of Australian Olympic Committee

Apr. 29, 2022 10:28 PM EDT

FILE - John Landy of Australia, right, leads Roger Bannister of England at the half-way mark during the one mile race at the Empire Games, now known as the Commonwealth Games, in Vancouver, Canada, on Aug. 7, 1954. Landy, an Australian middle-distance runner who dueled with Roger Bannister to be the first person to run a four-minute mile, has died, his family said Saturday, Feb. 26, 2022. He was 91. (AP Photo, File)
John Landy, pursuer of Bannister's 4-minute mile, dies at 91

By Dennis Passa Feb. 25, 2022 07:44 PM EST

Residents wearing face masks to help protect from the coronavirus watch a tablet computer showing a live telecast of the opening ceremony of the 2022 Winter Olympics, outside a residential block in Beijing on Feb. 4, 2022. The Winter Olympics are being held in Beijing, but most of the population is shut out because of coronavirus restrictions. The lack of interaction with visiting foreign athletes and spectators has intensified the sense that the Games are taking place several degrees removed from the daily life of the city and the nation. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)
Beijing's 'invisible' Olympics: Muted but watched online

By Zen Soo Feb. 17, 2022 02:27 AM EST

Japan's Ayumu Hirano competes during the men's halfpipe finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Hirano wins Olympic gold, and saves snowboarding from a mess

By Pat Graham Feb. 11, 2022 03:58 AM EST

Tina Hermann, of Germany, finishes the women's skeleton run 2 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
Narracott on cusp of Australia's 1st Olympic sliding medal

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 11, 2022 12:29 AM EST

Gold medal winner Japan's Ayumu Hirano celebrates after the men's halfpipe finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
4th place can't spoil White's Olympic goodbye: 'I'm not sad'

By Eddie Pells Feb. 10, 2022 10:17 PM EST

Christopher Grotheer, of Germany, finishes the men's skeleton run 4 at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 11, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
Olympics Live: IOC won't act on 'No War in Ukraine' sign

Feb. 10, 2022 08:29 PM EST

United States' Lindsey Jacobellis celebrates after winning a gold medal in the women's cross finals at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 9, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
Finishing touch: 16 years later, Jacobellis gets her gold

By Eddie Pells And Pat Graham Feb. 09, 2022 03:09 AM EST

Australia's Scotty James trains on the halfpipe curse at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Francisco Seco)
EXPLAINER: All those flips and twists on Olympic halfpipe

By Eddie Pells Feb. 08, 2022 08:54 PM EST

Stefania Constantini, left, of Italy, celebrates a win with teammate Amos Mosaner, right, during the mixed doubles curling match against Canada at the Beijing Winter Olympics Monday, Feb. 7, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Brynn Anderson)
Twice on Olympic ice is nice for American curler Chris Plys

By Jimmy Golen Feb. 07, 2022 12:13 AM EST

Australia's Jakara Anthony celebrates after winning the gold medal for the women's moguls finals at Genting Snow Park at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 6, 2022, in Zhangjiakou, China. (AP Photo/Gregory Bull)
Smooth run on bumpy course nets Anthony Olympic moguls title

By Pat Graham Feb. 06, 2022 08:42 AM EST