The IOC earlier approved 271 Russian athletes.
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That followed an investigation for the World Anti-Doping Agency that detailed state-sponsored cheating in Russian Federation.
The Games’ ruling body said on Saturday those decisions would now be reviewed by an independent panel consisting of Ugur Erdener, the IOC’s medical commission chairman, Germany’s Claudia Bokel and fellow International Olympic Committee member Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr.
Two-time road cycling medalist at the London Olympics Olga Zabelinskaya has been admitted to compete at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games opening on Friday, secretary general of the Russian Cycling Federation Yuri Kucheryavy told TASS.
They will be joined by eight Russian tennis players, 18 shooters, 11 judokas and Russian golfer Maria Verchenova, the sports’ worldwide federations said.
All Russian track-and-field athletes remain barred from competition, a decision that worldwide sports federation made in June.
Bach on Thursday again defended the decision of the International Olympic Committee not to ban the whole Russian team over the allegations, which also included tampering with test samples and disappearing positive tests.
RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – A final ruling on the entry of Russian athletes in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics is coming down to the wire.
The International Judo Federation also stated that all Russian athletes who qualified for the Games will be able to compete.
“As a result, we will not file an appeal to CAS”.
But he took a swipe at the total ban on Russia’s track and field team, which has robbed athletes like pole vault world record-holder Yelena Isinbayeva and 110m hurdles world champion Sergey Shubenkov of the chance to compete.
CAS sent their case back to the International Rowing Federation to decide on their eligibility “without delay”.
That triggered an automatic suspension from Rio according to criteria laid down by the International Olympic Committee last month in response to an independent report confirming state-backed Russian doping across a wide range of sports. “I think this tense atmosphere has done us some good. We had to respect basic principles of natural law”. Some competitions are already underway.
Speaking Tuesday, Bach called for a complete overhaul of the anti-doping system.
Brazil started its quest for an Olympic gold medal in men’s soccer with a disappointing 0-0 draw against South Africa, a result that prompted loud jeers by some of the home fans.
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In Group C, defending champion Mexico drew 2-2 with Germany despite twice having the lead in the northeastern city of Salvador.
