“According to the current criteria of IAAF of June 17, only two Russian athletes have chances to participate in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro”, she said.
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Ms. Stepanova’s participation as a neutral athlete in International Competition is still subject to acceptance by the organizer of the competition in question, in accordance with the rules of that competition.
When announcing the reanalysis, the IOC stated that as a result, up to 31 athletes from six sports could be banned from competing at the Olympic Games in Rio.
Rising violent crime is a major cause of concern for authorities slightly more than a month before the Summer Olympics’ opening ceremony, which will be held on August 5 at Rio de Janeiro city’s emblematic Maracana Stadium. The records say Graham, who is from Detroit, pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor solicitation charge Tuesday and was sentenced to a day in jail, which the court credited as being served. “The respective global federations are the only ones who can declare an athlete technically eligible in the Games”.
The IOC has said that entry of Russian athletes for the games would be under the control of the Russian Olympic Committee, which is not suspended.
Stepanova and her husband Vitaly came forth and made public incriminating information as to the inside workings of Russian athletics and state complicit cover ups. The IOC wants them to use the Russian flag, while the IAAF is opposed.
However, athletes can make individual applications to the IAAF if they can prove that they are clean.
“European Athletics is ready to accept her late entry, and we are awaiting further instruction from the IAAF Doping Review Board that has been put in place to discuss the eligibility of athletes’ requests”, European Athletics said in an earlier statement.
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All applications must be submitted by 4 July, with decisions on all applicants to be made by 18 July. He added ARAF supported 68 applications by Russians to the IAAF but “maybe someone filed applications themselves, without agreement with the federation”.
