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EXPLAINER: What is behind Belarus athlete's Olympics crisis?

By YURAS KARMANAU and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV Associated Press

Belarus Olympic sprinter arrives in Vienna amid safety fears

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV and ALEX SCHULLER Associated Press

American star Simone Biles to return for balance beam finals

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer
TOKYO (AP) — Simone Biles is back.
    The 2016 Olympic gymnastics champion will return to competition in the balance beam final on Tuesday, a little over a week after stepping away from the meet to focus on her mental health.

The 'gymternet': gymnastics' devoted, sometimes toxic fans

By CLAIRE GALOFARO AP National Writer

Sunisa Lee takes gold in women's gymnastics final

By WILL GRAVES AP Sports Writer

First openly transgender Olympians are competing in Tokyo

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer
    TOKYO (AP) — For Quinn, a midfielder for the Canadian women's soccer team, the opening match of the Tokyo Games carried more emotional weight than their previous Olympic appearances.

Pandemic Olympics endured heat, and now a typhoon's en route

By JENNA FRYER AP Sports Writer
    TOKYO (AP) — First, the sun. Now: the wind and the rain.

With muted ceremony and empty stadium, Tokyo Olympics begin

By FOSTER KLUG Associated Press

Olympics, pandemic and politics: There's no separating them

By STEPHEN WADE AP Sports Writer

Sweden stuns US 3-0 in women's soccer at Olympics

By ANNE M. PETERSON AP Sports Writer
    TOKYO (AP) — Sweden didn't have to bunker down on defense against the Americans this time.