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Paris Olympics anti-doping program found almost 50 cases. More likely with re-tests over 10 years

Sep. 19, 2024 07:39 AM EDT

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — The anti-doping program for the Paris Olympics caught five athletes after earlier finding 40 rule violations among competitors who had been expected to take part in the Games, the agency that ran the operation said Thursday. Summing up its Olympic...

Edwin Moses documentary '13 Steps' shows how clearing the hurdles was the easy part for a track icon

Sep. 18, 2024 10:18 AM EDT

Not long after Edwin Moses figured out how to attack the solution to track's ultimate math problem, he transformed himself into the best hurdler in history. That, in turn, gave the engineer-turned-Olympic champion the platform to go after more difficult issues that, even today, more...

California-born Brian Goorjian leaves as head coach of Australian men's basketball team

Sep. 17, 2024 21:14 PM EDT

SYDNEY (AP) — California-born Brian Goorjian is leaving as head coach of the Australian men's basketball team after four Olympics and two stints in charge of the Boomers. Basketball Australia said in a statement Wednesday that Goorjian would continue his coaching career with the...

American gymnast Jordan Chiles takes bid to have Olympic bronze restored to the Swiss Supreme Court

Sep. 16, 2024 18:54 PM EDT

LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — American gymnast Jordan Chiles is asking Switzerland's Supreme Court to overturn a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport that stripped Chiles of a bronze medal in floor exercise at the 2024 Olympics. Chiles, with the support of the United States...

Sebastian Coe among 7 IOC members to enter race to succeed Thomas Bach as president

Sep. 16, 2024 18:18 PM EDT

GENEVA (AP) — Two former Olympic champions are in the race to be the next IOC president. So is a prince of a Middle East kingdom and the son of a former president. The global leaders of cycling, gymnastics and skiing also are in play. The International Olympic Committee published a...

The IOC needs a new president after 12 years so what is the job and who are the 7 candidates?

Sep. 16, 2024 17:04 PM EDT

GENEVA (AP) — Seven candidates are competing for one of the biggest and best jobs in world sports that traditionally becomes available only every 12 years. The International Olympic Committee announced on Monday which of its members in a most exclusive and discreet club have...

International Olympic Committee says seven members have entered race to succeed Thomas Bach as IOC president

Sep. 16, 2024 07:01 AM EDT
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — International Olympic Committee says seven members have entered race to succeed Thomas Bach as IOC president.

With a parade of athletes on Champs Elysées, France throws one last party for the Paris Olympics

Sep. 14, 2024 15:39 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — The curtain came down on Paris’ feel-good summer with a grand parade of French athletes on the Champs Elysées on Saturday after the country threw one last party to celebrate the Olympic and Paralympic Games. The Parade of Champions included 460 Olympic and...

Paris Games chief hails 12 million tickets sold for Olympics and Paralympics

Sep. 13, 2024 14:43 PM EDT

PARIS (AP) — More than 12 million tickets were sold for the Olympics and Paralympics and Paris organizers hailed it as “unprecedented success” on Friday. The 12,132,647 tickets across both Games represented 95% of crowd capacity at the venues, said Tony Estanguet, the head of...

'Stop that urgently.' Possible path to innocence for Russian skater was held back at WADA's urging

Sep. 12, 2024 00:27 AM EDT

When details from a scientific experiment that could have helped clear embattled Russian figure skater Kamila Valieva landed at the World Anti-Doping Agency, the leader of that organization's reaction was unequivocal: “We have to stop that urgently," he wrote. No mention of the...