Olympic leaders stopped short Sunday of imposing a complete ban on Russia from the Rio de Janeiro Games, assigning individual global sports federations the responsibility to decide which athletes should be cleared to compete.
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Weightlifting is the other sport most likely to issue a blanket ban on Russian competitors in Rio following a significant number of confirmed positive doping tests.
In a statement, the IOC said it would accept the entry of only those Russian athletes who meet certain conditions set out for the 28 worldwide federations to apply.
Russian head of state Vladimir Putinis honorary president of the International Judo Federation.
The other athletes entered on the Russian Federation team – Aleksandr Lesun, Donata Rimshaite and Gulnaz Gubaydullina – are eligible to compete at the 2016 Olympic Games based on the eligibility requirements set out by the IOC Executive Board on July 24.
However, it said athletes who have been sanctioned in the past for doping would not be eligible for Rio.
Russia’s track and field athletes remain barred from the games by the IAAF, a decision upheld last week by CAS and accepted by the IOC.
“The 18 Russian shooters who have been entered by the ROC to participate in the Rio 2016 Olympic Games are neither mentioned in the McLaren Report nor have they tested positive further to a doping control according to the information we possess”, the statement from the ISSF said.
The International Judo Federation is the latest to allow the sport’s Russian squad to compete at the Olympics. “I am ashamed of Thomas Bach”, Harting, who has always been a critic of Bach, told SID, an AFP subsidiary.
“It certainly undermines the confidence that the Olympics is an event in which all contributors, all participants are dedicated to the values of fair play and honest sport”, says Kidd. The athletes’ names were entered by the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) by the deadline of 18 July 2016.
Separately, World Rowing said earlier Tuesday that three Russian rowers would be barred from competing – two because of prior bans and one who was mentioned in the McLaren report.
Lalovic said that the UWW recently clarified to the International Olympic Committee that the Russian labs implicated in the McLaren Report are not part of its testing protocol.
Olympic Council of Ireland president Pat Hickey has defended the International Olympic Committee’s decision not to ban Russian Federation from Rio.
WEIGHTLIFTING – The International Weightlifting Federation said it would evaluate the evidence against Russian athletes once received.
Russian Federation will be able to nominate a replacement for Sozykin’s place in the 470, which is a two-person boat class. Already, archery, badminton, equestrianism, judo and tennis have been among the sports to give Russian Federation the all clear to compete.
Three other Russian athletes, including former world champion Aleksandr Lesun, will be allowed to compete.
There were 17 Russian athletes set to compete at Rio.
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The International Gymnastics Federation (FIG) said it “has taken note” of the IOC ruling and “shall fully adhere to it”.
