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FILE - In this Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2015 file photo, Cheri Blauwet, co-chair of the Boston 2024 Olympic and Paralympic Movement Committee, gestures as she addresses reporters during a news conference by organizers of Boston's campaign for the 2024 Summer Olympics in Boston. Along with the Olympics, the Paralympics have been pushed back to 2021 because of the coronavirus pandemic. The new dates are Aug. 24-Sept. 5. For many Paralympians, a delay seemed like the only option. Paralympic athletes often have specific medical and training needs which can’t always be met at a time when people are staying home and doctors are helping out overloaded ERs. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)

Paralympians adapt to new challenges as virus spreads

by James Ellingworth Associated PressApril 7, 2020April 7, 2020

FILE - In this Sunday, Aug. 7, 2016 file photo, Uzbekistan's Oksana Chusovitina acknowledges the audience after her routine on the balance beam during the artistic gymnastics women's qualification at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Chusovitina had considered retirement before but chose to carry on before qualifying for her eighth Olympics — breaking her own record in the sport. This time around, the 1992 gold medalist said Tokyo will be her last Olympics. “It's already good that they have postponed. Everything will calm down and everything will be fine, and I think then the Olympics will go ahead as normal,” said the 44-year-old Chusovitina, who is training in restricted. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, file)

Record-setting Olympians stretch careers for games in 2021

by James Ellingworth Associated PressMarch 26, 2020March 26, 2020

People take pictures with the Olympic Flame during a ceremony in Fukushima City, Japan, Tuesday, March 24, 2020. The Tokyo Olympic torch relay will start Thursday as planned in northeastern Fukushima prefecture, but with no torch, no torchbearers, no public, and little ceremony. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

For athletes, Olympic delay brings relief but new challenges

by James Ellingworth Associated PressMarch 24, 2020March 24, 2020

Simone Biles of the United States, center and gold medal, Sunisa Lee of the United States, left and silver medal, and Angelina Melnikova of Russia, right and bronze medal, celebrate during the award ceremony for the floor exercise in the women's apparatus finals at the Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, Sunday, Oct. 13, 2019. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Biles sets all-time medal mark

by James Ellingworth Associated PressOctober 13, 2019

Simone Biles of the United States performs on the vault in the women's all-around final at the Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, Thursday, Oct. 10, 2019. (AP Photo/Matthias Schrader)

Simone Biles wins 5th all-around title at gymnastics worlds

by James Ellingworth Associated PressOctober 10, 2019October 10, 2019

Simone Biles of the U.S. performs on the floor during women’s team final at the Gymnastics World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany, Tuesday.

Biles sets record as US wins world gymnastics team gold

by James Ellingworth Associated PressOctober 8, 2019October 8, 2019

Iranian judoka Saeid Mollaei poses for a portrait photo at an undisclosed southern city of Germany. Mollaei has been in hiding since he left the Iranian judo team last month, saying he had been ordered to withdraw from the world championships on political grounds.

Judo champion who defied Iran’s rules now in hiding

by James Ellingworth AP Sports WriterSeptember 16, 2019

FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2018, file photo, Maxim Dadashev, of Russia, left, hits Antonio DeMarco, of Mexico, during a junior welterweight bout in Las Vegas. Maxim Dadashev has died after suffering a brain injury in a fight in Maryland. He was 28. The Russian Boxing Federation said Tuesday, July 23, 2019, that Dadashev died "as a result of the injuries he sustained" in Friday's, July 19, 2019, light-welterweight fight with Subriel Matias at the Theater at MGM National Harbor in Oxon Hill, Maryland. (AP Photo/John Locher, File)

Russian boxer, 28, dies after suffering brain injury in ring

by James Ellingworth Associated PressJuly 23, 2019

England's Kyle Walker reacts after Croatia's Mario Mandzukic scoring his side's second goal during the semifinal match between Croatia and England at the 2018 soccer World Cup in the Luzhniki Stadium in Moscow, Russia, Wednesday, July 11, 2018. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

England, Belgium to play for 3rd

by James Ellingworth Associated PressJuly 12, 2018

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2014, file photo, men's 1,000-meter short track speedskating gold medalist Viktor Ahn, of Russia, gestures while holding his medal during the medals ceremony at the Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. Six-time Olympic gold medalist Ahn and three former NHL players are among 32 Russian athletes who filed appeals Tuesday, Feb. 6, 2018, seeking spots at the Pyeongchang Olympics.(AP Photo/David J. Phillip, File)

32 Russians appeal to CAS seeking Olympic spots

by James Ellingworth AP Sports WriterFebruary 6, 2018