Olympics

2:50 PM ET Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — Josh Prenot failed to advance from the preliminaries of the 200-meter breaststroke at the U.S. Olympic swimming trials Wednesday, a bitter blow for the silver medalist from the 2016 Rio Games. Prenot said he’ll take at least the next year off to “see if I forget how

9:00 AM ET Middle distance runner Shelby Houlihan, the American record holder in the 1,500 and 5,000 meters, posted on Instagram she’s facing a four-year ban following a positive test result for nandrolone, a banned anabolic steroid. Houlihan will not be able to participate in the U.S. Olympic track and field trials set to take

11:54 PM ET Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — Jake Mitchell returned to the pool all by himself. He got a do-over, a chance to redeem himself. Boy, did he ever. Mitchell produced a much-improved performance in a time trial after all the scheduled races were done Tuesday, likely earning a trip to his first Olympics.

9:14 PM ET Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — Lilly King always seems to back up her big talk. King is headed back to the Olympics after a victory in the 100-meter breaststroke at the U.S. swimming trials Tuesday night, ensuring she will have another big platform in Tokyo to rip into drug cheats and muse

1:45 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — A judge in Ohio has dismissed murder charges filed against the brother of Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles, ruling Tuesday that prosecutors did not present evidence to sustain a conviction in a 2018 New Year’s Eve party shooting in Cleveland that left three men dead. Moments after Cuyahoga

8:48 AM ET Associated Press ADELAIDE, Australia — Olympic champion Kyle Chalmers and singer Cody Simpson were listed side by side in the billing for a documentary series being promoted ahead of Australia’s Olympic swimming trials. On the result lists for the 100-meter freestyle Tuesday, the names were a long way apart. Chalmers led the

11:51 PM ET U.S. champion distance runner Shelby Houlihan said on Monday that she has been banned four years for testing positive for an anabolic steroid, a result she says came from eating a burrito. The 28-year-old wrote in an Instagram post she was provisionally suspended in January after the Athletics Integrity Unit said a

8:39 PM ET Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — Katie Ledecky touched the wall far ahead of everyone else at the U.S. swimming trials. No surprise there. But she was taken aback by the time. It wasn’t as fast as expected, raising the stakes for an expected showdown in Tokyo with the Aussie Terminator. Ledecky earned

4:39 PM ET Associated Press COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Matt Anderson and David Smith have been picked for their third straight Olympic appearance for the U.S. men’s volleyball team. Anderson and Smith are part of the 12-person team for the Olympics this summer in Tokyo announced by coach John Speraw on Monday. They were part

12:49 PM ET Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — Olympic champion Ryan Lochte failed to advance from the preliminaries of the 200-meter freestyle on Monday, his first event of the U.S. Olympic swimming trials. Lochte, 36, attempting to make his fifth Olympic team, posted a time of 1 minute, 49.23 seconds — only good enough for

6:51 AM ET Associated Press MIES, Switzerland — The president of basketball’s world governing body has stepped aside during its investigation into alleged systemic sexual abuse of female players at his home federation. Hamane Niang “strongly denies the allegations” that he ignored abuse by coaches and officials in Mali when he led the national federation

1:45 AM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Tyler Downs defeated a pair of Olympians to win the men’s 3-meter springboard title at the U.S. diving trials, earning a trip to the Tokyo Games at age 17. Delaney Schnell won the women’s 10-meter platform title on Sunday. Downs finished with 1,333.75 points. Andrew Copobianco took second

8:56 PM ET Associated Press OMAHA, Neb. — With Michael Phelps cheering on his former training partner, Chase Kalisz claimed another trip to the Olympics by winning the 400-meter individual medley on the opening night of the U.S. swimming trials Sunday. Kalisz trailed top qualifier Carson Foster at the midway point of the race after

6:20 AM ET Associated Press ADELAIDE, Australia — Swimmer Kaylee McKeown says the death of her father 10 months ago inspired her to break the 100-meter backstroke world record Sunday at the Australian Olympic trials. The 19-year-old McKeown had a time of 57.45 seconds at the South Australian Aquatic Centre to improve on the previous

2:19 AM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Krysta Palmer earned a second spot on the U.S. Olympic diving team, finishing first in women’s 3-meter springboard at the U.S. Olympic Diving Trials. Palmer and partner Alison Gibson earlier made the team in women’s 3-meter synchro. Hailey Hernandez took the second spot in the 3-meter individual competition

2:55 PM ET Associated Press CLEVELAND — Prosecutors in Ohio asked a judge to issue arrest warrants for three witnesses sought in the retrial of the brother of Olympic gymnastics champion Simone Biles in a deadly 2018 New Year’s Eve party shootout that left three men dead. Tevin Biles-Thomas is charged in Cuyahoga County with

9:19 AM ET Associated Press ADELAIDE, Australia — Mack Horton won’t defend his Olympic 400-meter freestyle swimming title in Tokyo after failing to make the Australian team for the event. Horton finished third in the final on the first night of the Australian selection trials on Saturday. Only the top two — Elijah Winnington and

12:28 AM ET Associated Press INDIANAPOLIS — Michael Hixon and Andrew Copobianco earned berths for the Tokyo Olympics in men’s 3-meter synchronized diving at the U.S. trials on Friday night. Jessica Parratto and Delaney Schnell won the women’s 10-meter synchro to claim spots on the team. Hixon, a silver medalist at the 2016 Rio Games,