IOC President Thomas Bach acclaimed his colleagues’ decision at the time as “a great, great step forward”.
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On June 17, the IAAF Council ruled it was still too early to restore All-Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF)’s membership, subsequently extending the suspension of Russian athletes from all global tournaments, including the 2016 Olympic Games.
The Rio 2016 organizing committee told AFP that the appropriate documents would be handed over on Wednesday. Worldwide sports federations must now remove any athlete previously banned for doping or who was implicated in a report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency that accused Russia of a mass cover-up of failed drug tests.
The inspection, the latest headache for organizers this week after athletes complained about dirty and unfinished rooms, led inspectors to demand paperwork about contracts and conditions for the workers, some of whom complained of working almost 24-hour shifts.
The doping tally from weightlifting at the 2008 Beijing Games stands at five – one gold, two silver and two bronze.
Acting President Michel Temer is expected at the Maracana stadium to open the games.
Aside from their protective gear, fighters typically wear an all-white uniform. The worldwide volleyball federation did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Chiller, flanked by Australian athletes, praised Brazil for the hard work to fix the accommodation problems in the last few days.
In total, 249 more athletes moved into the Village on Wednesday, taking the total to 849.
Fighting back tears, two-time Olympic champion pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva told Russian athletes going to the Rio de Janeiro Olympics to defend the country’s honor. “CAS considered the appeals of the (other) 67 athletes fully and rejected them”, it said in a statement.
Also, Russia also looks set to field a full team of four players in Olympic badminton, the Russian Badminton Federation said Tuesday, citing assurances from the Badminton World Federation.
Addressing members of Russia’s Olympic team at the Kremlin, Putin said the scandal, which centers on allegations that the Russian government and FSB security service systematically covered up doping for years, had unfairly targeted many Russian sportspeople who had not faced specific and proven accusations.
Those barred from competing, Putin says, are victims of “double standards” and a campaign against Russian sports.
Any medal won in Rio in the absence of Russian athletes would be worth much less than usual, he added, predicting many victories would be shallow.
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Olympic and city officials counter these warnings with a veritable “don’t worry about it!!”, saying that the swimmers will be in less-shitty waters and those who will be competing in shittier waters are doing sports that don’t really require them to submerge their bodies, like sailing.
