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Russian doping whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova won’t appeal her Rio 2016 ban
Renowned physician Dr Paul Wright is urging Jamaican athletes competing at the Olympic Games in Rio to use condoms if they engage in sexual intercourse, as this is one way to protect themselves from contracting the Zika virus.
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In a world where the Syrian crisis has created a global conversation about who does and does not belong in any given country and a USA presidential candidate speaks of building walls and quota systems, the International Olympic Committee has put a spotlight on a small group of athletes so that they can tell their stories, stories that some 60 million people across the world are part of.
The four-time world champion was handed a lifeline on Thursday when the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) upheld her appeal against her ban from the Games, whose preparations have been overshadowed by revelations of widespread state-sponsored doping in Russian Federation. The forced subtractions by the International Olympic Committee and the governing bodies for the individual sports featured at the games now leaves Russian Federation with a smaller team than Australia, Italy, Spain, the host nation, and several other countries.
It said in a statement that the athlete concerned had returned a positive test at the beginning of July and had now left the Olympic Village.
Russian Olympic Committee president Alexander Zhukov told reporters earlier that 271 of his country’s athletes had been cleared.
The U.S. team had its global introduction Thursday with its Olympic news conference, answering plenty of questions about where they’re staying (the luxury yacht) and who’s not playing (LeBron James and Stephen Curry). “The majority of the sports have been admitted in full”.
Throughout the day, the updates kept coming: 11 boxers, 11 judo athletes, golfer Maria Verchenova, 30 volleyball and beach volleyball players, five equestrian riders – all cleared by their sports’ governing bodies.
The team escaped a blanket ban from Rio, but is facing a one-year suspension from worldwide competition.
“I’m going to the Olympics”, the breaststroke world champion and 2012 Olympic bronze medallist said on Instagram.
“I don’t plan on having our relationship out in the public and all this media on it”, Delle Donne said, “but obviously there’s excitement right now because people see it for the first time“.
Hundreds of Russian athletes watched Thursday night as their national flag was raised finally on a pole at the Olympic village, joining the flags of the other 205 nations.
On the women’s side, Australia have proved the United States’ most consistent rivals, with a podium spot in every Olympics since 1996. “I think this is absolutely unfair”.
“We are living in a world of crises, mistrust and uncertainty”, Bach said. Some competitions are already underway.
In the other Group A match in Brasilia, Iraq and Denmark also played to a scoreless draw, leaving all four teams tied.
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In the jungle city of Manaus, Colombia and Sweden drew 2-2 in Group B.