December 25, 2024

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OLYMPICS

International Gymnastic Federation Morinari Watanabe is one of seven candidates running to succeed current International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach.

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IOC presidential hopeful Morinari Watanabe calls for changes in marketing strategy

Watanabe is one of seven candidates running to lead the IOC.

The Eiffel Tower and the Olympics Rings are illuminated during the opening ceremony of the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on July 26.

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Paris Olympics were the most followed ever, IOC says

In the home market of France, 95% of the potential audience watched an average of 24 hours of coverage of the Olympics.

World Anti-Doping Agency Director-General Olivier Niggli speaks during the agency's symposium in Lausanne, Switzerland, in March.

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Anti-doping agency froze out investigators who warned about China

By Tariq Panja and Michael S. Schmidt

The decision by WADA’s leaders to keep its own investigators in the dark raises new questions about WADA's response to possible doping by Chinese athletes.

Peter Westbrook became the first African American and Asian American to win an Olympic medal in fencing at the 1984 Games in Los Angeles.

OLYMPICS / Fencing

Dec 2, 2024

Trailblazing Olympic fencer Peter Westbrook dies at 72

By Jere Longman

Westbrook was the first first African American and Asian American to win a medal in fencing at the Summer Games

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe speaks during an interview on Friday.

OLYMPICS

Nov 27, 2024

World Athletics chief 'very pleased' with India's Olympic interest but warns of hurdles

By Sudipto Ganguly

Coe, 68, a two-time Olympic champion in the 1,500 meters, is one of seven people bidding to be the next president of the International Olympic Committee.

U.S. gymnastics team coach Bela Karolyi watches over a training session in Sydney in September 2000.

OLYMPICS

Nov 17, 2024

Famed gymnastics coach Bela Karolyi dies at 82

Known as a strict disciplinarian, Karolyi was a controversial figure at times.

World Athletics President Sebastian Coe is one of seven people running to become the next president of the International Olympic Committee.

OLYMPICS

Nov 14, 2024

Presidential hopeful Sebastian Coe says IOC needs clear stance on gender

Coe believes the IOC is a movement that needs modernizing.

South Korean shooter Kim Ye-ji demonstrates her shooting form at Incheon International Airport in Incheon, South Korea, on Aug. 7.

OLYMPICS / Shooting

Nov 11, 2024

Paris Olympics star Kim Ye-ji takes break from shooting to spend time with family

The 32-year-old shooter rose to stardom during the Paris Olympics — where she won a silver in the women's 10-meter air pistol.

Australia's Raygun performs during the B-girls round-robin competition at the Paris Olympics

OLYMPICS / Breaking

Nov 7, 2024

Australian breaker Raygun retires from competition after Olympic backlash

Gunn previously spoke out against the "pretty devastating" hatred unleashed towards her after the Olympics.

Koki Ikeda competes in the men’s 20 kilometer race walk at the Paris Olympics on Aug. 1.

OLYMPICS

Nov 3, 2024

Olympic medallist Koki Ikeda vows to clear name after doping suspension

The Athletics Integrity Unit said Friday that the 26-year-old, who won silver at the Tokyo Olympics in 2021, had been provisionally banned for suspected blood doping.

One of the many entrances to the Kabukicho neighborhood in Tokyo’s Shinjuku Ward.

Kabukicho: Tokyo’s ‘stadium of desire’

Visitors to Kyoto walk along a street near Kiyomizu Temple in April. A popular tourist spot, Kyoto has seen what locals feel to be an overwhelming amount of tourists in 2024.

Is Japan ready for 60 million tourists?

By Kathryn Wortley

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