Cas had previously said an International Olympic Committee rule barring Russian athletes with a prior doping conviction from competing was unenforceable, paving the way for a raft of late appeals.
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Advert How I Increased my Manhood Size & Stopped Premature Ejaculation That Scattered My Relationship. This is bad for the integrity of the Olympics and for all the Russian athletes who have trained their entire lives and put their faith in the government approved program. But a report for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) blamed the Russian sports ministry and secret service of running the doping programme and set off the biggest doping scandal in Olympic history.
Russian Olympic Committee president Alexander Zhukov said the team was “probably the cleanest in Rio” because of all the tests and checks they have undergone.
The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) banned Russia from international competition, including the Olympics, after an investigation sparked by the Stepanovs’ claims.
Russian news agency R-Sport quoted Vladimir Salnikov, head of the country’s swimming federation, as saying FINA had written to CAS to confirm it supported the readmission of Efimova and four other banned Russian swimmers – Natalia Lovtsova, Darya Ustinova, Mikhail Dovgalyuk and Anastasia Krapivina.
It’s not the first time CAS has struck down an International Olympic Committee anti-doping measure.
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CAS then sent the case back to the International Rowing Federation (FISA) to decide on their eligibility “without delay”. In 2011, it annulled the IOC’s so-called “Osaka rule”, which would have barred any athlete who had received a serious doping punishment from the subsequent Olympics. The final number will be revealed on Friday, Zhukov said. This is destroying justice.
