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Sweden forward Nicklas Backstrom watches a shot that got past Sweden goaltender Henrik Lundqvist during a men's semifinal ice hockey game against Finland at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Friday, Feb. 21, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. (AP Photo/David J. Phillip)

Nicklas Backstrom allowed to keep silver medal after settlement is reached

By Zac Boyer - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2014 file photo, a man takes a photograph of fireworks during the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Sochi, Russia. The Sochi Winter Olympics placed tenth on Facebook's list of most popular topics worldwide in 2014, based on the number of posts, comments, likes, photos and videos shared. (AP Photo/Petr David Josek, File)

IOC vote clears way for 2024 bidding to take off

By Stephen Wilson - Associated Press

Representatives of the 2022 Olympic Games candidate cities, from left to right, Amanzholova Zauresh, vice-mayor of Almaty City representing Almaty 2022, Yang Xiaochao, vice-chairman of Beijing 2022, and Eli Grimsby, CEO of the candidate city of Oslo 2022, pose for photographers during during the announcement of the 2022 Olympic Winter Games candidate cities (Beijing 2022, Oslo 2022, Almaty 2022) after an executive board meeting, at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Monday, July 7, 2014. (AP Photo/Keystone,Jean-Christophe Bott)

2022 Winter Olympics candidates narrowed to 3

Associated Press

FILE - In this July 28, 2012 file photo, British children pose for photos under a sculpture of the Olympics rings, in Coventry, England. Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington are the cities still in the running for a possible U.S. bid to host the 2024 Summer Olympics. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla, File)

D.C. among 4 U.S. cities vying for 2024 Summer Olympics

By Eddie Pells - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo taken Jan. 12, 2013, Austria's Michael Hayboeck is seen soaring through the air during the qualification round of the16th World Cup Ski Jumping competition, in Zakopane, Poland. Zakopane was to be one of the sites of the 2022 Winter Games that the nearby city of Krakow was bidding to co-host, but cancelled the effort the day after the residents voted against the plan in a local referendum on Sunday, May 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Alik Keplicz, file)

IOC faces trouble finding cities to host games

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

US Ski team to propose Big Air for Olympics

By EDDIE PELLS - Associated Press

The volunteers form the words “Tokyo 2020&quot; to promote the 2020 Olympic Games which will be hosted in Tokyo during an event at the National Stadium in Tokyo, Sunday, May 25, 2014. Tokyo's National Stadium, the centerpiece of the 1964 Summer Olympics, hosted its final sporting event on Sunday before it will be demolished to make way for a new 80,000-seat structure that will be the main venue of the 2020 Olympics. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Bridgestone set to become top tier IOC sponsor

Associated Press

In this photo taken on Nov. 3, 2004, is seen the Cloth Market in the Renaissance Market Square in the historic city of Krakow, Poland. The city mayor, Jacek Majchrowski, on Monday cancelled its bid for the 2022 Winter Games after residents overwhelmingly voted against in a local referendum held on Sunday, May 25, 2014. (AP Photo/Czarek Sokolowski, File)

Krakow withdraws 2022 Winter Olympics bid

By MONIKA SCISLOWSKA - Associated Press

In this May 15, 2014 photo, trash floats on a polluted water channel that flows into the Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. With just over two years to go until the Rio Olympics, nearly 70 percent of the sewage in the metropolitan area of 12 million inhabitants continues to flow untreated, along with thousands of tons of garbage daily, into area rivers, the bay and even Rio's famed beaches like Copacabana and Ipanema.Several Olympic sports federations raised fears that Rio's polluted waters could prove harmful to athletes' health. Exposure to fecal matter can cause Hepatitis A, dysentery, cholera other diseases. (AP Photo/Felipe Dana)

Sailing official wants Rio water pollution tests

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

In this photo released by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), IOC President Thomas Bach, right, and Chairman and CEO of Comcast Corporation Brian L. Roberts pose for a photograph as they sign an agreement to secure the U.S. broadcast rights to the Olympics through to 2032 for NBC Universal, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. NBC secured the U.S. broadcast rights to the Olympics through 2032 on Wednesday in a record six-games deal worth $7.75 billion. NBC already holds the rights through the 2020 Olympics in a four-games deal signed in 2011 for $4.38 billion. (AP Photo/Arnaud Meylan)

List of US Olympic TV rights deals

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

IOC shoots down British report on moving Rio Games

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

In this photo released by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), IOC President Thomas Bach, right, and Chairman and CEO of Comcast Corporation Brian L. Roberts pose for a photograph as they sign an agreement to secure the U.S. broadcast rights to the Olympics through to 2032 for NBC Universal, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. NBC secured the U.S. broadcast rights to the Olympics through 2032 on Wednesday in a record six-games deal worth $7.75 billion. NBC already holds the rights through the 2020 Olympics in a four-games deal signed in 2011 for $4.38 billion. (AP Photo/Arnaud Meylan)

Big money, secret talks produce Olympic TV deal

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

In a photo provided by NBC Olympics, NBC's Bob Costas prepares for broadcast at an anchor desk in Sochi, Russia, Sunday, Feb. 16, 2014. Costas plans to make his return to NBC on Monday after being off the air for a week with an eye infection. (AP Photo/NBC Olympics)

NBC keeps U.S. Olympics broadcast rights through 2032

By Stephen Wilson - Associated Press

In this photo released by Patrick Sandusky of the United States Olympic Committee, International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Tomas Bach, right, and Chairman and CEO of Comcast Corporation Brian L. Roberts sign an agreement to secure the U.S. broadcast rights to the Olympics through to 2032 for NBC Universal, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Wednesday, May 7, 2014. NBC secured the U.S. broadcast rights to the Olympics through 2032 on Wednesday in a record six-games deal worth $7.75 billion. NBC already holds the rights through the 2020 Olympics in a four-games deal signed in 2011 for $4.38 billion. (AP Photo/Patrick Sandusky, USOC)

NBC extends Olympic deal through 2032 for $7.75B

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

Kim Jin-sun, head of the Pyeongchang Organizing Committee for the 2018 Winter Olympic Games, right, speaks during a press conference as Gunilla Lindberg, chair of the IOC Evaluation Commission, listens in Pyeongchang, South Korea, Thursday, May 1, 2014. The IOC is convinced that preparations for the 2018 Winter Games in Pyeongchang are on track, in contrast with concerns over the chronic construction delays for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.(AP Photo/Yonhap) KOREA OUT

IOC says Pyeongchang is right on track for 2018

Associated Press

IOC vice president backtracks on Rio criticism

By JOHN PYE - Associated Press

FILE - In this April 3, 2014 file photo, International Olympic Committee Vice President John Coates delivers a speech during an IOC-Tokyo 2020 1st Project Review session in Tokyo in Tokyo. International Olympic Committee Vice President Coates has slammed Rio's preparations for the 2016 Olympics, saying they are &quot;the worst I have experienced.&quot; (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara, File)

IOC vice president says Rio preps are “worst” ever

By JOHN PYE - Associated Press

UN and IOC sign accord on sport for peace

By EDITH M. LEDERER - Associated Press

FILE - In this Tuesday, May 14, 2013 file photo, Finland's Juhamatti Aaltonen, left, vies for the puck with Latvia's Ralfs Freibergs during the 2013 Ice Hockey IIHF World Championships Group B preliminary round match in Helsinki. Two months after the closing ceremony, the Sochi Olympics broke a Winter Games record Friday, April 25, 2014 when a Latvian hockey player became the eighth athlete disqualified for a positive doping test. Ralfs Freibergs was retroactively kicked out of the games by the IOC after being found guilty of a steroid offense, the third hockey player and second from Latvia caught for doping in Sochi. (AP Photo/Lehtikuva, Jussi Nukari, File) FINLAND OUT

Sochi produces Winter Games record 8th doping case

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

FILE- In this March 20, 2014 file photo, Rio de Janeiro's Eduardo Paes, right, talks with Nawal El Moutawakel, head of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) Evaluation Commission, center, and International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Director for the Olympic Games, Gilbert Felli during a visit to the Olympic Park in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Earlier this month, in an unprecedented display of criticism against an Olympic host, 18 sports federations made public their widespread concerns over Rio's preparations, with some sports asking about &quot;Plan B&quot; contingencies for their venues. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo, File)

Rio mayor says he won’t bow to sports federations

By TALES AZZONI - Associated Press