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FILE - Kamalpreet Kaur, of India, competes during the qualification round of the women's discus throw at the 2020 Summer Olympics, on July 31, 2021, in Tokyo. Indian discus thrower Kamalpreet Kaur has tested positive test for an anabolic steroid. The case was announced Wednesday nine months after she placed sixth at the Tokyo Olympics. Kaur tested positive for stanozolol in a case the agency dated to March 29. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)
Indian Olympic athlete Kaur tests positive for steroid

May. 04, 2022 01:21 PM EDT

Evans Chebet, of Kenya, runs while leading the Boston Marathon, Monday, April 18, 2022, in Brookline, Mass. Chebet went on to win the men's division of the 126th edition of the race. (AP Photo/Steven Senne)
Olympic champ Jepchirchir wins 50th women's Boston Marathon

By Jimmy Golen Apr. 18, 2022 12:16 PM EDT

FILE - Allyson Felix, of United States races in a heat of the women's 400 meters at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 3, 2021, in Tokyo, Japan. Felix says she will retire after the 2022 season. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, File)
Allyson Felix says she's retiring after 2022 track season

By The Associated Press Apr. 13, 2022 11:46 PM EDT

Russian race walker Lashmanova banned for doping, loses gold

Mar. 21, 2022 10:35 AM EDT
LONDON (AP) — Russian race walker Yelena Lashmanova has been banned for two years for doping and will be stripped of her Olympic gold medal, the Athletics Integrity...

Armand Duplantis, of Sweden, poses after setting a new world record at the end of the Men's pole vault at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, March 20, 2022. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Duplantis extends own pole vault world record in Belgrade

Mar. 20, 2022 04:52 PM EDT

Yulimar Rojas, of Venezuela, celebrates with silver medalist Maryna Bekh-Romanchuk, of Ukraine, right, after winning the Women's triple jump at the World Athletics Indoor Championships in Belgrade, Serbia, Sunday, March 20, 2022.(AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Triple jumper Yulimar Rojas breaks her own world record

Mar. 20, 2022 09:01 AM EDT

NC A&T's Ross Jr. wins men's 400 meters as NCAA indoors

Mar. 12, 2022 10:33 PM EST
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) — North Carolina A&T’s Randolph Ross Jr. ran a personal best and a Birmingham CrossPlex facility record 44.62 seconds to win 400 meters at...

Duplantis sets pole vault world record of 6.19m in Belgrade

Mar. 07, 2022 02:45 PM EST
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Olympic champion Mondo Duplantis broke his own world pole vault record with a 6.19-meter clearance at the Belgrade Indoor Meeting on Monday. ...

FILE - Paula Badosa, foreground, of Spain, is viewed through her trophy as she begins to hold it up after defeating Victoria Azarenka, left, of Belarus, in the singles final at the BNP Paribas Open tennis tournament Sunday, Oct. 17, 2021, in Indian Wells, Calif. The photo was part of a series of images by photographer Mark J. Terrill which won the Thomas V. diLustro best portfolio award for 2021 given out by the Associated Press Sports Editors during their annual winter meeting. (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)
Coverage of Simone Biles wins AP story of the year honors

Mar. 04, 2022 03:23 PM EST

FILE - New Zealand's Valerie Adams takes a throw in the women's shot put final during the athletics in the Olympic Stadium at the 2012 Summer Olympics, London on Aug. 6, 2012. Two-time Olympic women's shot put champion Adams has announced, Tuesday, March 1, 2022, her retirement at the age of 37. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
Olympic shot put champ Valerie Adams retires

Feb. 28, 2022 07:38 PM EST

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

FILE - Blessing Okagbare, of Nigeria races in a women's 200 meter heat at the World Athletics Championships in Doha, Qatar, Sept. 30, 2019. Nigerian sprinter Blessing Okagbare has received a 10-year ban for being part of what's been described as an “organized doping regimen” ahead of the Tokyo Olympics. The former world championships silver medalist was initially suspended in July, 2021 just before she was due to run in the semifinals of the 100 meters at the Olympics. (AP Photo/Nariman El-Mofty, File)
Nigerian sprinter Okagbare banned for 10 years for doping

Feb. 18, 2022 10:27 AM EST

FILE - Russian curler Alexander Krushelnitsky practices ahead of the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea on Feb. 7, 2018. Krushelnitsky failed a drug test and lost a bronze medal and was banned four years. (AP Photo/Aaron Favila, File)
Recent Russian doping controversies at the Olympics

Feb. 18, 2022 09:07 AM EST

Elana Meyers Taylor of the United States speeds along the track during a 2-woman bobsled training at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
For Love and Hoffman, the wait for Olympic bobsled race ends

By Tim Reynolds Feb. 16, 2022 11:13 PM EST

Corinne Stoddard of the United States, races in her quarterfinal of the women's 1500-meters during the short track speedskating competition at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 16, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)
Oh, no: A short track shutout for US at Beijing Olympics

By Paul Newberry Feb. 16, 2022 12:31 PM EST

Kamila Valieva, of the Russian Olympic Committee, wipes her eyes during a training session at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)
Doping decision imminent for Russian skater at Olympics

By James Ellingworth Feb. 13, 2022 09:16 PM EST

China wins its 1st gold medal of Beijing Olympics in short track speedskating's mixed team relay

Feb. 05, 2022 08:48 AM EST
BEIJING (AP) — China wins its 1st gold medal of Beijing Olympics in short track speedskating's mixed team relay. ...

Therese Johaug of Norway wins 1st gold medal of Beijing Olympics in women's cross-country skiathlon

Feb. 05, 2022 03:30 AM EST
ZHANGJIAKOU, China (AP) — Therese Johaug of Norway wins 1st gold medal of Beijing Olympics in women's cross-country skiathlon. ...

Denmark's Frans Nielsen skates with the puck during a men's ice hockey training session at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 3, 2022, in Beijing. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum)
Danish men and women finish 'marathon' to reach Olympics

By Stephen Whyno And John Wawrow Feb. 03, 2022 04:19 AM EST

FILE - Olympic workers in hazmat suits work at a credential validation desk at the Beijing Capital International Airport ahead of the 2022 Winter Olympics in Beijing, Monday, Jan. 24, 2022. Athletes and others headed to the Olympics face a multitude of COVID-19 testing hurdles as organizers seek to catch any infections early and keep the virus at bay. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong, File)
EXPLAINER: How COVID tests, isolation will work at Olympics

By Candice Choi Jan. 26, 2022 02:57 PM EST

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