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Nathan Chen of the USA performs during the Men Free Skating Program at the Figure Skating World Championships in Stockholm, Sweden, Saturday, March 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner)
Chen wins 3rd straight worlds, beating Olympic champ Hanyu

Mar. 27, 2021 10:18 AM EDT

FILE - In this Saturday, March 23, 2019 file photo, Japan's Yuzuru Hanyu and Nathan Chen from the United States display their silver and gold medals respectively during the men's free skating routine during the ISU World Figure Skating Championships at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, north of Tokyo. As Nathan Chen seeks a third straight World Figure Skating Championships title, something no American has achieved since Scott Hamilton got his fourth in a row in 1984, he has two major challenges in front of him. One is two-time Olympic gold medalist Yuzuru Hanyu of Japan, who Chen calls “the benchmark." The other is idleness in major competitions forced by the coronavirus pandemic. ((AP Photo/Andy Wong, File)
US skating team stronger than most for recent world events

By Barry Wilner Mar. 23, 2021 02:38 PM EDT

FILE - In this Tuesday, Dec. 1, 2020 file photo, a man wearing a protective face mask to help curb the spread of the coronavirus walks with the Olympic rings in the background in the Odaiba section, in Tokyo. The United States, Russia and China were each given an extra entry to the Olympic women's gymnastics competition in Tokyo on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2021, after the coronavirus pandemic forced a shake-up in qualifying. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko, File)
Pandemic shakes up Olympic gymnastics qualification

Feb. 10, 2021 09:14 AM EST

USOPC chair: Russia decision angered and disappointed people

By Eddie Pells Dec. 21, 2020 05:24 PM EST
The chair of the U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Committee said the recent decision to reduce doping punishments against Russia “really angered and disappointed...

San Francisco 49ers quarterback Jimmy Garoppolo (10) drops to pass against the Seattle Seahawks in an empty CenturyLink Field due to the coronavirus during the first half of an NFL football game, Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020, in Seattle. (AP Photo/Elaine Thompson)
The Latest: Knicks shut training center after positive tests

By The Associated Press Nov. 10, 2020 05:32 AM EST

Paul Juda of the U.S. competes in the pommel horse during an international gymnastics meet in Tokyo on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. Gymnasts from four countries of China, Russia, U.S. and Japan performed in the meet at Yoyogi National Stadium First Gymnasium, a venue planned to be used in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the summer 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Tokyo Olympic officials talk of test events early next year

By Stephen Wade Nov. 10, 2020 12:17 AM EST

List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Nov. 09, 2020 04:31 PM EST
GYMNASTICS Artistic World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, from Feb. 20-23: China team withdrew. All-Around World Cup in...

Artur Dalaloyan of Russia competes in the vault event of an international gymnastics meet in Tokyo on Sunday, Nov. 8, 2020. Gymnasts from four countries of China, Russia, U.S. and Japan performed in the meet at Yoyogi National Stadium First Gymnasium, a venue planned to be used in the Tokyo 2020 Olympics in the summer 2021. (AP Photo/Hiro Komae)
Tokyo holds 1-day gym meet to show Olympics may be possible

By Stephen Wade Nov. 08, 2020 06:01 AM EST

FILE - In this Oct. 29, 2018, file photo, Japan's Kohei Uchimura clenches his fist after his performance on the rings during the men's team final of the Gymnastics World Chamionships at the Aspire Dome in Doha, Qatar. Uchimura, who reported a positive COVID-19 test last week and now testing negative several times, is expected to participate along with gymnasts from the United States, China, and Russia in a one-day meet on Sunday in Tokyo. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda, File)
Tokyo hosts 4-country gymnastics meet to test COVID safety

By Stephen Wade Nov. 06, 2020 12:51 AM EST

FILE - In this file photo taken Saturday, March 8, 2014, Russian President Vladimir Putin, foreground, and Russia's sports minister Vitaly Mutko, standing behind, watch downhill ski competition of the 2014 Winter Paralympics in Roza Khutor mountain district of Sochi, Russia. Russia’s status as an Olympic team and reputation as a serial cheater in international sports goes on trial on Monday Nov. 2, 2020, as the Court of Arbitration for Sport will start hearings about a manipulated database from the Moscow testing laboratory. (Alexei Nikolsky, Sputnik, Kremlin Pool Photo via AP, File)
Russia's reputation, Olympic status on trial for doping

By Graham Dunbar Oct. 30, 2020 08:13 AM EDT

CAS proceeds with Russian doping case in pandemic

Oct. 27, 2020 01:21 PM EDT
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — A landmark hearing in the Russian doping saga was confirmed Tuesday to go ahead despite travel and health restrictions during the...

FILE - This April 18, 2009, file photo shows the Yoyogi National Gymnasium No. 1, top, and No. 2, bottom, which were used as the venues for swimming and basketball in the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo. Tokyo is planning to hold an international gymnastics meet next month that will exempt non-Japanese athletes from a 14-day quarantine period, an approach that might foreshadow planning for next year's postponed Olympics. The one-day event is set for Nov. 8, 2020 at the Yoyogi National Gymnasium. (AP Photo/Shizuo Kambayashi, File)
Tokyo to hold gymnastics meet featuring foreign teams

Oct. 13, 2020 12:54 AM EDT

List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Oct. 12, 2020 05:22 PM EDT
GYMNASTICS Artistic World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, from Feb. 20-23: China team withdrew. All-Around World Cup in...

List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Aug. 10, 2020 03:31 PM EDT
GYMNASTICS Artistic World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, from Feb. 20-23: China team withdrew. All-Around World Cup in...

List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Aug. 03, 2020 04:09 PM EDT
GYMNASTICS Artistic World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, from Feb. 20-23: China team withdrew. All-Around World Cup in...

List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Jul. 27, 2020 05:01 PM EDT
GYMNASTICS Artistic World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, from Feb. 20-23: China team withdrew. All-Around World Cup in...

Mick Hoffman, executive director of the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association, poses for a photo, Thursday, July 16, 2020, sitting in the empty stands of the Renton School District's Renton Memorial Stadium, which is used for high school football, soccer, and track events in Renton, Wash. Hoffman and other administrators across the country are facing difficult decisions regarding the overwhelming uncertainty of whether high school sports can go forward this fall as the clock ticks closer to the start of the 2020-21 school year with little clarity in place for an obvious and safe path moving forward for athletics. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)
The Latest: Rams deferring fans' season tickets for a year

By The Associated Press Jul. 21, 2020 05:01 AM EDT

List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Jul. 20, 2020 04:21 PM EDT
GYMNASTICS Artistic World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, from Feb. 20-23: China team withdrew. All-Around World Cup in...

List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Jul. 13, 2020 02:35 PM EDT
GYMNASTICS Artistic World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, from Feb. 20-23: China team withdrew. All-Around World Cup in...

List 3/4 of sports events affected by coronavirus pandemic

By The Associated Press Jun. 30, 2020 12:14 PM EDT
GYMNASTICS Artistic World Cup in Melbourne, Australia, from Feb. 20-23: China team withdrew. All-Around World Cup in...