Klishina, 25, was the only Russian accepted for the Olympic track and field but the sport’s world body suspended her on Friday after new information on her doping record emerged.
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While waiting for her hearing on Sunday, Klishina trained at a track that is close to Olympic Stadium.
“However, the CAS released a statement, again via CNN, that “[Klishina] established that she was subject to fully compliant drug-testing in and out of competition outside of Russian Federation”.
Klishina challenged her decision and CAS and was finally cleared for the competitions in Rio.
The IAAF has not disclosed what new information it has.
“The athlete complied with the relevant criteria because of her permanent residence outside Russian Federation, still applied despite the additional information provided by Professor McLaren”.
“We instigated a review process following new evidence presented to us”, said the IAAF in response.
This follows a ruling early Monday by the Court of Arbitration for Sports (CAS) allowing Darya Klishina to compete in the long jump event.
“Relevantly, the athlete established that she was subject to fully compliant drug-testing in- and out-of-competition outside of Russian Federation for the ‘relevant period'”.
Klishina went to the CAS, which upheld her appeal, and she can now concentrate on long jump qualifying on Tuesday.
Klishina expressed her relief in a post on Facebook, and said she was relieved to only have the long jump competition to focus on.
“Now we need to settle down and wish Dasha (Klishina) good luck”, sports minister Vitaly Mutko said on Interfax agency.
“The outcome we reached to revoke Darya Klishina’s exceptional eligibility was not upheld by Cas despite the information received and she is therefore eligible to compete in Rio”. “It’s beyond the realm of common sense”.
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The damning WADA report released last month alleged a complex system of subterfuge that involved Russia’s security services tampering with and altering sealed urine samples.
