Klishina was Russia’s lone representative in the track and field at the Games after a blanket ban was imposed on her compatriots following revelations of state-sponsored performance-enhancing drug use, documented in a report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency and delivered by Professor Richard McLaren.
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The CAS panel decided that despite McLaren s new information, Klishina “complied with the relevant criteria (to compete at Rio) because of her permanent residence outside Russian Federation”.
Later in July, CAS turned down an appeal from the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and 68 national athletes filed against IAAF, thus closing the doors on Russian field and track athletes to the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Brazil.
“The athlete established that she was subject to fully compliant drug-testing in and out of competition outside of Russian Federation”, its statement said.
Klishina could not control what happened to her doping probes in the laboratory, her lawyer added.
Qualifying for the women’s long jump begins Tuesday.
US-based Klishina was the only Russian athlete allowed in at the Rio Games by the IAAF because she underwent doping tests outside Russia.
The IAAF has not disclosed what new information it has.
“The athlete complied with the relevant criteria because of her permanent residence outside Russian Federation, still applied despite the additional information provided by Professor McLaren”.
Klishina challenged her decision and CAS and was finally cleared for the competitions in Rio.
But in the early hours of Monday, CAS issued a statement saying the Russian’s appeal against suspension had been upheld.
However, the Court of Arbitration for Sport has overturned that decision.
“We instigated a review process following new evidence presented to us. It’s beyond the realm of common sense”.
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The rest of the Russian track team remains banned from all worldwide competition over allegations of a widespread, state-sponsored doping program.
