RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) – Brazil’s highest officials celebrated the completion of a much-delayed $3 billion subway expansion that will play a crucial part in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, holding a ribbon-cutting ceremony Saturday just days before the games are set to kick off.
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Four other swimmers banned at the same time, who have previously served doping suspensions, have not yet appealed.
Russia’s sports minister, Vitaly Mutko, has promised there will also be an appeal to CAS against the blanket ban of the country’s weightlifting team.
What’s behind the IOC’s decision on Russian Federation?
The IOC executive board decided last Sunday not to ban the entire Russian Olympic team from the games.
Popole Misenga broke down crying – for the family in Congo that he hasn’t seen in 15 years, and for all the world’s refugees who haven’t been as lucky as he’s been.
There was good news for Russia on Friday when the Russian Taekwondo Union said it had received notification from the World Taekwondo Federation that all three of its entries could compete in Rio.
The IWF said on its website that the multiple documented cases of doping among Russian weightlifters was shocking and disappointing and had damaged the integrity of the sport.
Morozov, a member of the 4x100m freestyle relay team that came third in 2012 in London, was one of seven Russian swimmers banned by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) following the IOC directive.
“It is important the International Olympic Committee takes the final decision based on independent advice”, said Adams.
“It has always been the case in the Olympics”.
An athlete competes in a track and field event held by Russia’s athletics federation for athletes banned from the Rio Olympics.
Stepanov gave the interview by telephone.
“During those three months, people intruded into the apartments and a lot of things were stolen”, he told O Estado de Sao Paulo newspaper.
The new test – developed in Australia to identify if an athlete is artificially adjusting their DNA to enhance performance – is not yet in use at a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA)-accredited laboratory, Dr Richard Budgett told The Associated Press.
An IOC program commission report released on Friday said the five sports are a blend of the traditional and emerging, youth-focused events, and all have worldwide and local appeal.
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Despite the bans, the Russian Olympic team could still number more than 260 athletes. “Every athletes’ village in the Olympic Games should be non-smoking so we’ve asked for that to be enforced because at the moment it’s not”.
