The decision, on the eve of the opening ceremony of the Olympics, could prompt a dozen more appeals against the ban from Russian competitors, Reuters quoted the tribunal’s chief as saying. He won a gold medal in singles and a silver in mixed doubles with Laura Robson at the 2012 London Games.
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Bach covered a range of topics in a more than 20-minute opening address, including the controversy surrounding Russia’s participation in Rio.
“The Review Panel subsequently reviewed the position of the independent arbitrator appointed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in relation to the evidence provided to meet those criteria”. “We will make conclusions from this”, he added. “Therefore I think we can say very clearly the financial model of the Games has really stood a stress test which I hope we will not have to withstand in the future again”.
Minutes before confirmation arrived of the review panel’s much-awaited decision, Russian rowers Anastasia Karelbelshikova and Ivan Podshivalov had their appeals against their disqualification from Rio partially upheld by the Court of Arbitration for Sport. “The youth of today have so many options for their leisure time you can not just wait for these young people to go to sport”.
He said: ‘The message is clear – we want to keep the cheaters away from the Olympic Games.
Bach again ran out the same measured, nearly emotionless talking points that he has been listing over and over, giving no indication that he, as the IOC’s head honcho, is in any way alarmed about how the issue has hijacked the Games build-up.
Zhukov said it was “unfair” that athletes from other countries who have previously served drugs bans, such as American sprinter Justin Gatlin, will compete in Rio.
Badminton: All four Badminton players are in, none are out.
The original size of the Russian team was 389.
Russian Federation will now have a smaller delegation of athletes than 11 other countries, including Italy and Spain.
It is thought a total of nine athletes are implicated in similar rulings.
In the men’s boxing competition, Vasilii Egorov (49kg), Misha Aloian (52kg), Vladimir Nikitin (56kg), Adlan Abdurashidov (60kg), Vitaly Dunaytsev (64kg), Andrey Zamkovoy (69kg), Artem Chebotarev (75kg), Petr Khamukov (81kg) and Evgeny Tishchenko (91kg) were cleared to compete.
Modern pentathlon: Three Russian athletes are in, two are out.
Rowing: Six Russian athletes are in, 22 are out.
One of the motorcyclists reportedly broke the driver’s window with a gun, before the Russian official snatched it out of his hand and shot him.
Soccer: No Russian teams qualified. Yet the banned athletes include Yulia Stepanova, who blew the whistle on her country’s cheating.
Synchronized swimming: All Russian athletes are in, none are out.
Tennis: All eight Russian athletes are in, none are out.
Volleyball (including beach volleyball): All 30 Russian athletes are in, none are out.
Water polo: Female Russian team is in (10 athletes), none are out (male team did not qualify).
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This file may be updated as more developments are revealed and confirmed.
