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FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2018, file photo, Erika Grahm (24), of Sweden, fights for control of the puck with South Korea's Choi Jiyeon (10), of the combined Koreas team, during the first period of the classification round of the women's hockey game at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Gangneung, South Korea. The leading female hockey players in Sweden were refusing to attend a training camp Thursday, Aug. 15, 2019, or play in an upcoming international tournament in Finland over a pay dispute with the country’s federation. A statement was posted on social media by Sweden player Erika Grahm, saying the action is being taken to “develop and create better conditions” in the national team to show “encouragement and respect” for current and future generations.(AP Photo/Frank Franklin II, File)
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Demetrious Johnson, left, of the United States is proclaimed winner over Tatsumitsu Wada of Japan in their ONE Flyweight World Grand Prix semi-finals bout at the ONE Championship Mixed Martial Arts bout dubbed 'Dawn of Heroes' Friday, Aug. 2, 2019 at the Mall of Asia Arena in suburban Pasay city south of Manila, Philippines. Johnson defeated Wada a unanimous decision. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez)
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FILE - This July 7, 2019 file photo shows Megan Rapinoe celebrating her team's victory after the Women's World Cup final soccer match between U.S. and The Netherlands outside Lyon, France. Penguin Press announced Thursday, July 25, that Rapinoe’s book, currently untitled, will come out in Fall 2020. Penguin is calling the book a “perfect vehicle” for an “honest, thoughtful, unapologetic” take on everything from soccer to nationalism to gay rights. (AP Photo/David Vincent, File)
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Russia's Anton Chupkov celebrates after winning the men's 200m breaststroke final at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Friday, July 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)
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Commuters walk past the Olympic Rings Tuesday, July 23, 2019, in Tokyo. To mark the year-to-go mark, the gold, silver and bronze Olympic medals are to be unveiled Wednesday as part of daylong ceremonies around the Japanese capital. Tokyo's 1964 Olympics showcased bullet trains, futuristic designs and a new expressway, underlining Japan's recovery following World War II. Those games were the first seen worldwide by early satellites, sending the Olympics into a new era. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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China's Sun Yang reacts after winning the men's 200m freestyle final at the World Swimming Championships in Gwangju, South Korea, Tuesday, July 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)
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FILE - In this Aug. 17, 2016, file photo, gold medal winner Brianna Rollins, center, silver medal winner Nia Ali, left, and bronze medal winner Kristi Castlin, all from the United States, pose with their country's flag after the 100-meter hurdles final during the athletics competitions of the 2016 Summer Olympics at the Olympic stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. If the Tokyo Olympics were opening today - actually they begin exactly a year from now - the United States would top the overall medal count, and the gold-medal count. That’s the forecast released Tuesday, July 22, 2019, by Gracenote Sports, which bills itself as a “sports and entertainment provider” and supplies statistical analysis for sports league around the world. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)
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Former Japanese Olympic gymnast Kotono Tanaka performs as a "1-Year to Go" banner hangs outside the Ariake Gymnastics Center, Monday, July 22, 2019, in Tokyo. Despite scandals, rising costs and doubts about the economic payoff, the Tokyo Olympics will be a must-see event — if you can find a ticket or a hotel room — when they open in a year. Tokyo was supposed to be a "safe pair of hands" after Rio de Janeiro's corruption and near-meltdown three years ago. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Ashley Young, right, of Manchester United and Jordan Stevens of Leeds United compete for the ball during their friendly soccer match in Perth, Australia, Wednesday, July 17, 2019. (Richard Wainwright/AAP Image via AP)
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In this Tuesday, July 16, 2019, photo, North Koreans hold cards to make an image depicting a worker and a farmer during a mass game performance of "The Land of the People" at the May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)
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Members of the United States women's soccer team, winners of a fourth Women's World Cup, pose with the trophy by their plane after arriving at Newark Liberty International Airport, Monday, July 8, 2019, in Newark, N.J. Julie Ertz holds the trophy, Megan Rapinoe, front right, gestures, and Alex Morgan, back left, also gestures. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
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FILE - In this June 11, 2019, file photo, a man walks past the Tokyo 2020 Olympic logos, in Tokyo. Tokyo Olympic organizers say they are putting an unspecified “hundreds of thousands” of tickets into a lottery next month for Japan residents who were shut out when results of the first lottery were announced in June. On Friday, July 5, organizers said 3.22 million tickets were sold to Japan residents in the first lottery. They said more than 90% bought tickets the tickets were awarded in the lottery.(AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)
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Referee Alexis Herrera reviews a play on the VAR stand during a Copa America Group B soccer match between Colombia and Qatar at Morumbi stadium in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Victor R. Caivano)
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Netherlands' Lieke Martens, top, celebrates with teammates after scoring her team's second goal from the penalty spot during the Women's World Cup round of 16 soccer match between the Netherlands and Japan at Roazhon Park, in Rennes, France, Tuesday, June 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Francois Mori)
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Colombia's Gustavo Cuellar, center, kicks the ball to score his side's first goal against Paraguay during a Copa America Group B soccer match at Arena Fonte Nova in Salvador, Brazil, Sunday, June 23, 2019. (AP Photo/Ricardo Mazalan)
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Japan's Koji Miyoshi celebrates after scoring his sides' second goal against Uruguay during a Copa America Group C soccer match at the Arena Gremio in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Thursday, June 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Silvia Izquierdo)
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Japan's Shinji Okazaki, left, jumps for a header challenged by Uruguay's Rodrigo Bentancur during a Copa America Group C soccer match at the Arena Gremio in Porto Alegre, Brazil, Thursday, June 20, 2019. (AP Photo/Edison Vara)
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England's Ellen White, front, celebrates after scoring her side's second goal during the Women's World Cup Group D soccer match between Japan and England at the Stade de Nice in Nice, France, Wednesday, June 19, 2019. (AP Photo/Claude Paris)
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