The IWF also pointed out that 7 samples submitted by Russian athletes for the Beijing Olympics in 2008 and those in London in 2012 have now been re-tested as positive, in what the federation called a “shocking and disappointing” statistic. Currently, according to Russia’s sports minister, 272 of the original 387 athletes are still scheduled to compete in the Games as of now.
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Security is the top focus for the laboratory that will conduct doping exams at the upcoming Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, the lab’s director said Friday, amid global scrutiny following the recent scandal surrounding Russian athletes. “Therefore an appropriate sanction was applied in order to preserve the status of the sport”.
Weightlifting is the latest Olympic sport to be subjected to a Russian ban. For the women, Albania, Georgia and Moldova became eligible. Testing in Russian Federation does not count under International Olympic Committee rules because of the repeated allegations made against Russia’s drug testing agency and national lab, both of which have been suspended.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) will hold swiftly convened hearings in Rio to decide on the appeals by the two, both medal winners for Russian Federation at past Olympics.
The Australian delegation, preparing to compete in the Games that start August 5 in Rio de Janeiro, went into the street until given the all clear.
Chiller said she had spoken to several other national committees warning them to check basements for refuse, and the matter would be raised at a meeting of team chiefs on Sunday.
World Rowing’s approval process left just six rowers eligible to compete for Rio, meaning Russian Federation could only compete in one event, the men’s four, and meant reserve crews from around the world have rushed to Brazil to compete.
However, Russia’s best-known track and field athlete, two-time Olympic gold medalist Yelena Isinbayeva, said she had been refused in her last attempt to make the team for Rio following the blanket ban on Russia in that sport.
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“They had the protocol in place but that doesn’t actually work when I’m asleep and the phone’s on silent”, he told reporters.
