The IWF says that the multiple cases of doping by Russian weightlifters have “seriously damaged” the integrity of the sport.
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While many individual athletes have been banned from the games in recent days, Russia’s group of 68 track and field athletes is the only other team to receive a complete ban so far.
The CAS has already rejected an appeal by 67 Russian athletes against a ban ordered by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) before the IOC sanctions.
Around 150 competitors took part at the Znamensky Brothers stadium, a 7,500-capacity arena usually reserved for the Moscow track and field championships.
People recieve the Russian Olympic team upon its arrival at the Antonio Carlos Jobim International Airport in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on July 28, 2016.
“I’ve won medals because people have been banned and I know some people after the recent tests have been moved from fourth to gold”.
Individual sport federations must rule on whether Russians can compete in Rio following the country’s doping scandal.
In the aftermath of that report, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) resisted huge pressure to impose a blanket ban on Russian Federation from the Olympics which get underway on August 5.
The two swimmers were suspended after they were named in relation to the “disappearing positives” revelations – false reporting of positive samples – in a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)-led independent report into doping in Russian Federation.
Late last month the IAAF announced that it had amended the organisation’s regulations in order to allow field and track athletes from Russian Federation to submit individual applications for worldwide tournaments.
But the International Olympic Committee refused to effect a blanket ban and instead insisted that the entry of Russian sportspersons will depend on the decision of the individual global federations.
“None of the wrestlers entered in the Olympic Games – or who qualified a place for their NOC – was included in the McLaren report”.
World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) president Craig Reedie, who is also an International Olympic Committee vice president, is to give a report on the agency’s activities.
By contrast, the 31 tower blocks of the Olympic Village in Rio, built at a cost of $880 million to house 18,000 athletes and team staff during the 17-day event, will be sold off as luxury housing after the Games.
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Instead the International Olympic Committee left the decision up to the sports federations to vet individual athletes in time for the August 5 opening ceremony.
