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FILE - Gold medalist Mariya Lasitskene, of Russian Olympic Committee, celebrates during the medal ceremony for the women's high jump at the 2020 Summer Olympics, Aug. 7, 2021, in Tokyo. Olympic high jump champion Mariya Lasitskene is among 22 Russians given permission to compete in international track and field events as neutrals this year while Russia remains suspended. The decision by World Athletics comes in time for Lasitskene to defend her world indoor championship title next month. (AP Photo/Martin Meissner, file)
Lasitskene among 22 Russians given neutral status for 2022

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Swiss snowboarder Patrizia Kummer works out in her hotel room in Beijing on Jan. 19, 2022 where is undergoing a 21 day quarantine. Three weeks alone in a hotel room is hardly an ideal setting for a snowboarder preparing for the Olympics. Kummer, a Swiss competitor who won a gold medal at the 2014 Sochi Olympics, is unvaccinated against the coronavirus by choice, so she is spending 21 days in isolation in China before the Winter Games begin in Beijing on Feb. 4. (Patrizia Kummer via AP)
In 3-week isolation, unvaccinated athlete waits for Olympics

By James Ellingworth Jan. 21, 2022 11:46 AM EST

Russia dominates on day 1 of European figure skating champs

Jan. 12, 2022 04:05 PM EST
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russia dominated the first day of the European figure skating championships on Wednesday, taking the top three positions in the men’s and...

United States' Jake Sanderson (8), Tanner Dickinson (71) and Chaz Lucius (28) celebrate a goal against Finland during the first period of an exhibition game in Edmonton, Alberta, Thursday, Dec. 23, 2021, before the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championship tournament. (Jason Franson/The Canadian Press via AP)
No NHL boosts Russian hopes for Olympic gold in men's hockey

By Stephen Whyno Jan. 12, 2022 01:41 PM EST

Mariah Bell performs during the skating spectacular at the U.S. Figure Skating Championships, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)
Russians heavy favorites for Olympic figure skating medals

By Dave Skretta Jan. 12, 2022 11:54 AM EST

Ashley Cain-Gribble and Timothy LeDuc compete in the pairs free skate program during the U.S. Figure Skating Championships Saturday, Jan. 8, 2022, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/Mark Zaleski)
American skater Chen eyes elusive Olympic gold in Beijing

By Dave Skretta Jan. 12, 2022 11:41 AM EST

KHL to suspend season for a week because of virus cases

Jan. 12, 2022 09:11 AM EST
MOSCOW (AP) — The Russia-based Kontinental Hockey League, a key source of players for Olympic teams, decided Wednesday to suspend its season for a week because of...

FILE - Norway's Johannes Hoesflot Klaebo, right, and Finland's Iivo Niskanen compete in the men's mass start 15km classic cross-country event at the FIS Tour de Ski in Val di Fiemme, Trento, Italy, Jan. 3, 2022. Klaebo was a rising star when he won three gold medals at PyeongChang. He has dominated the World Cup this season and will be back to defend his Olympic titles. Klaebo's teammates, Erik Valnes and Pål Golberg, will likely be in the mix. (AP Photo/Giovanni Auletta, File)
Olympic cross-country preview: US eager to build on success

By Martha Bellisle Jan. 11, 2022 11:33 AM EST

Winner Madeleine Egle of Austria, center, second placed Julia Taubitz of Germany, left, and third placed Tatyana Ivanova of Russia celebrate during the award ceremony of the Luge World Cup women race in Sigulda, Latvia, Sunday, Jan. 9, 2022. (AP Photo/Roman Koksarov)
Egle, Ivanova each grab two more World Cup luge medals

Jan. 09, 2022 09:36 AM EST

The third placed team from the USA (Summer Britcher, Tucker West, Christopher Mazdzer, Jayson Terdiman) stand on the podium during the award ceremony after the mixed relay competition of the Luge World Cup in Winterberg, Germany, Sunday, Jan. 2, 2022. (Friso Gentsch/dpa via AP)
Mazdzer-Terdiman sled crashes, Olympic luge hopes slip away

By Tim Reynolds Jan. 07, 2022 09:55 AM EST

Russia's Elizaveta Tuktamysheva performs in the ladies free skating program during the ISU Grand Prix of Figure Skating Rostelecom Cup in Sochi, Russia, Saturday, Nov. 27, 2021. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Russian ladies, Hanyu in Japan chasing Winter Olympic berths

By Dave Skretta Dec. 23, 2021 10:29 AM EST

Russia's Vyacheslav Voynov, centre, bottom, celebrates with his teammates after scoring his side's second goal during the Channel One Cup ice hockey match between Russia and Finland in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Dec. 19, 2021. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)
Without the NHL, Russia emerges as favorite for Olympic gold

By James Ellingworth Dec. 23, 2021 01:03 AM EST

FILE - Natalia Nepryaeva of Russia competes during the women's 10 km free style race at the Davos Nordic FIS Cross Country World Cup in Davos, Switzerland, on Dec. 16, 2018. The 2022 Olympics is just weeks away with China a more problematic host than expected for a Winter Games that had once seemed destined for Europe. The past weekend of World Cup ski events in two upscale Swiss towns that wanted to stage these Olympics showed what might have been. Games in snow-covered resorts with decades of winter sports tradition and without diplomatic boycotts or talk of human rights records. (Gian Ehrenzeller/Keystone via AP, File)
Swiss ski resorts show what 2022 Olympics could have been

By Graham Dunbar Dec. 13, 2021 07:10 AM EST

Russia hit with triathlon sanctions in doping crackdown

Dec. 13, 2021 07:07 AM EST
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — World Triathlon imposed a package of sanctions on Russia on Monday after repeated doping cases, including one involving an athlete who...

A model displays the Olympic uniforms for Russian athletes in Moscow, Russia, Friday, Dec. 10, 2021. Russia presents its Olympic kit for the Beijing Winter Olympics 2022, which shouldn't depict any symbols of the country. Russian athletes will compete at the Tokyo Olympics as neutral after the Court of Arbitration for Sport last December banned Russia from using its name, flag and anthem at any world championships because of state-backed doping. (AP Photo/Pavel Golovkin)
Russia unveils Beijing Olympics kit with national colors

Dec. 10, 2021 03:19 PM EST

Team Christensen's Vicky Persinger yells to teammates after throwing the rock while competing against Team Peterson during the second night of finals at the U.S. Olympic Curling Team Trials at Baxter Arena in Omaha, Neb., Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021. (AP Photo/Rebecca S. Gratz)
Americans Plys, Persinger make Olympic curling coed field

By Jimmy Golen Dec. 09, 2021 02:28 PM EST

New elected German Foreign minister Annalena Baerbock attends a press conference after a meeting with his French counterpart Jean-Yves Le Drian, at the Quai d'Orsay, in Paris, Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021. (Gonzalo Fuentes, Pool Photo via AP)
Germany warns Russia will pay a price if it enters Ukraine

By Frank Jordans And Thomas Adamson Dec. 09, 2021 06:14 AM EST

FILE - Participants wave flags with the logos of 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and Paralympics before a launch ceremony to reveal the motto for the Winter Olympics and Paralympics in Beijing on Sept. 17, 2021. The Beijing Winter Olympics open in just under two months and are now the target to a diplomatic boycott by the United States with others likely to follow. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein, File)
EXPLAINER: Why does Beijing have the Olympics again?

By Stephen Wade Dec. 06, 2021 09:05 PM EST

Tobias Wendl and Tobias Arlt Tobias of Germany compete in the doubles competition at the Luge World Cup 2021/2022 in Sochi, Russia, Saturday, Dec. 4, 2021. (AP Photo/Artur Lebedev)
Aparjods gives Latvia 1st men's World Cup luge win

Dec. 04, 2021 09:31 AM EST

FILE - Lamine Diack arrives at the Paris courthouse, on Jan. 13, 2020. Lamine Diack, the controversial former president of the International Athletics Federation, has died, his family said Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. He was 88. (AP Photo/Thibault Camus, File)
Lamine Diack, ex IAAF chief convicted of corruption, dies

By Babacar Dione And Graham Dunbar Dec. 03, 2021 05:19 AM EST