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FILE - In this Aug. 8, 2016 file photo, Italy's Federica Pellegrini checks her time after placing third in a semifinal of the women's 200-meter freestyle during the swimming competitions at the 2016 Summer Olympics, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The International Olympic Committee is slated in January 2021 to consider imposing a humiliating probation on Italy’s team for the Tokyo Games due to a two-year domestic dispute that it says amounts to government interference. (AP Photo/Matt Slocum, file)

IOC to consider placing Italy on probation for interference

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

IOC President Thomas Bach wearing a face mask speaks to the media at the National Stadium, the main venue for the 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games postponed until July 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic, in Tokyo Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2020. Bach said during this week's trip to Tokyo that he is “encouraging” all Olympic “participants” and fans to be vaccinated - if one becomes available - if they are going to attend next year's Tokyo Olympics. (Behrouz Mehri/Pool Photo via AP)

Italy promises Olympic committee autonomy after IOC warning

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

IOC President Thomas Bach waits for the podium ceremony for the women's elite event, at the road cycling World Championships, in Imola, Italy, Saturday, Sept. 26, 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

IOC president warns Italy over government interference

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president Thomas Bach, center, speaks with Italy's Under Secretary of State Giancarlo Giorgetti, right, Italy's Lombardy region President Attilio Fontana, second right, President of Veneto Region Luca Zaia, third left, Italian National Olympic Committee (CONI) president Giovanni Malago, second left, and the mayor of Milan Giuseppe Sala, left, before a meeting at the Olympic Museum, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Sunday, June 23, 2019. The host city of the 2026 Olympic Winter Games will be decided in Lausanne on Monday. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP))

Swedish bid hopes Latvia link key to 2026 Olympics host vote

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

The new headquarters building of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 18, 2019. The inauguration of the Olympic House will take place on June 23, during the celebration of Olympic Day. (Cyril Zingaro/Keystone via AP)

A look at the 2026 Winter Olympic bids in Monday’s vote

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

The new headquarters building of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, June 18, 2019. The inauguration of the Olympic House will take place on June 23, during the celebration of Olympic Day. (Cyril Zingaro/Keystone via AP)

A look at the 2026 Winter Olympic bids in Monday’s vote

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

President of the Italian National Olympic Committee, CONI, Giovanni Malago' talks during an interview with The Associated Press, in Rome, Friday, Jan. 11, 2019. With soaring costs, declining interest and a general lack of bids _ especially for the Winter Games _ the Milan-Cortina candidacy takes advantage of the more flexible rules provided by Agenda 2020. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)

AP Interview: Milan-Cortina bid can revolutionize Olympics

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach delivers a speech during the Association of National Olympic Committees (ANOC) general assembly in Tokyo Thursday, Nov. 29, 2018. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

Race on: It’s Stockholm vs. Milan-Cortina for 2026 Olympics

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, left, and Italian Olympic Committee President Giovanni Malago', shakes hands for photographers at the end of a press conference in Rome, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. Bach has given his blessing for Milan and Cortina d'Ampezzo's bid for the 2026 Winter Olympics to move forward without funding from the Italian government. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

2026 Milan-Cortina bid moves forward without gov’t funding

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 23, 1972, file photo, members of Japan's self-defense ground forces raise Olympic Flags in Sapporo at Makomanai speed skating stadium in a rehearsal of ceremony at the official opening of Winter Olympic. The Japanese city of Sapporo is expected to withdraw from bidding for the 2026 Winter Olympics. This would leave four candidates as the International Olympic Committee finds it increasingly difficult to find hosts, particularly for the Winter Olympics. The IOC will name the winning bidder a year from now. The four remaining are: Stockholm, Sweden; Calgary, Canada; Turin, Milan, and Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy; Erzurum, Turkey. (AP Photo, File)

Sapporo expected to drop out of 2026 Winter Olympic bid race

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

FILE - In this Feb. 25, 1994, file photo, a sea of Norwegian flags fill the stands waved by fans celebrating the sweep of the medal positions by the Norway alpine ski team in the men's combined event in Hafjell, near Lillehammer, Norway. Gerhard Heiberg, the man who organized the most popular Winter Olympics 24 years ago in the Norwegian ski resort of Lillehammer, said it's too soon to return in 2026. But watch for Lillehammer in 2030. He said he's “a little sad” that Norway can't join the chase for 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno, File)

Lillehammer ruling out bid for 2026 Winter Olympics

By STEPHEN WADE - Associated Press

Milan and Turin join forces for 2026 Olympic bid

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press

Rome Mayor Virginia Raggi gestures at the beginning of a press conference after she did not show up at a scheduled meeting with a delegation of the Italian Olympic Committee, in Rome, Wednesday, Sept. 21, 2016. Raggi says it’s irresponsible to bid for 2024 Olympic Games, effectively dooming Rome’s candidacy. (AP Photo/Alessandra Tarantino)

IOC chief Bach notes ‘political’ reasons for Rome withdrawal

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Germany's Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle shoots during the mixed biathlon relay at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Wednesday, Feb. 19, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

German biathlete, Italian bobsledder test positive

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

Italian Olympic Committee says bobsledder William Frullani kicked out of games for doping

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FILE - In this Aug. 12, 2009 file photo, President Barack Obama presents the 2009 Presidential Medal of Freedom to Billie Jean King, known for winning the famous "Battle of the Sexes" tennis match, and championing gender equality issues, during ceremonies at the White House in Washington. King believes standing up to discrimination is the best way to combat it. She will help lead the U.S. delegation in the opening ceremonies at the Sochi Olympics in Russia, which recently passed an anti-gay law. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

IOC member blasts U.S. for gay athletes in Sochi delegation

By Andrew Dampf - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 12, 2011, file photo, Italian IOC member Mario Pescante attends the opening of the executive board's meeting at the IOC headquarters in Lausanne, Switzerland. Pescante criticized the United States on Wednesday, Jan. 15, 2014, for including openly gay athletes in its official delegation for next month's Sochi Olympics. &quot;It's absurd that a country like that sends four lesbians to Russia just to demonstrate that in their country gay rights have (been established),&quot; Pescante said at an Italian Olympic Committee meeting in Milan, in comments widely reported by Italian media. (AP Photo/Keystone, Dominic Favre, File)

Senior IOC member criticizes US choices for Sochi

By ANDREW DAMPF - Associated Press