American athlete Devon Allen is disappointed he will not have the chance to test his prowess against Sergey Shubenkov, the reigning 110m hurdles world champion.
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The IOC decided not to ban the entire Russian team from the Rio Games, despite evidence of state-sponsored doping detailed in a report by World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren.
Both pole vaulter Kendricks and hurdler Allen said on Thursday they wished that was not the case.
“You see, on the other hand, also a very good atmosphere, the Cariocas (Rio residents) now they embrace the Games, they come to the Olympic Park, they enjoy the competitions and the Olympic atmosphere”.
“I’m not happy that several of my Russian friends, who I have no doubt compete fairly, will not be here”.
Instead, the IOC gave worldwide sports federations the authority to decide which individual Russian athletes could compete.
“It breaks what sport is meant to be and that’s what pisses me off”, Phelps said.
The second-ranked pole vaulter in the world this year behind French world record holder Renaud Lavillenie, Kendricks said he understood it is a process athletics and other sports must go through to help clean up doping.
While no Russian now is ranked among the top 10 pole vaulters in the world, “the Russians have always had a history of being very immaculate in the event”, Kendricks said.
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