Here is the current state of play among the 28 Olympic sports.
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Some Russian athletes had flown to Rio in advance of the main delegation, including gymnasts and swimmers. “We have set up a special anti-doping commission”, he said.
All samples collected from Russian swimmers at the 2015 world championships are being re-tested. “According to it, Sokolov and Sveshnikov (which basically means the entire cycle racing team) have been barred from the Rio Olympic Games, since their names are mentioned in Mr. McLaren’s report”.
Speaking just hours before the IWF’s decision was announced, he told Press Association Sport: “My personal opinion is if anyone has served a drug ban in any sport, they shouldn’t have the right to be able to compete in the greatest show on earth”.
The three riders withdrawn for their doping pasts are believed to be road cyclist Sergey Shilov, Tour de France stage victor Ilnur Zakarin and Olga Zabelinskaya, a double bronze medallist on the road at London 2012.
Rio’s August 5-21 games have been hit by Brazil’s economic recession, security concerns and fears about the mosquito-borne Zika virus. “But suddenly we were confronted with the problem that this could not be considered as worldwide testing”, Mutko said at a meeting of the Russian Sports Ministry’s board. However, the fate of some of its athletes is still hanging in the balance as the final list of Russian competitors has still not been approved.
A depleted Russian team departed for the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, missing dozens of athletes who were excluded amid the country’s doping scandal.
Russian Rowing Federation head Veniamin But has confirmed he plans to go to the Court of Arbitration for Sport next week to try to overturn the ruling from World Rowing.
Anastasiia Karabelshchikova and Ivan Podshivalov, who had been sanctioned for anti-doping violations in 2007/2008, were also not eligible for the Games.
Where wrestling is concerned, though, t he only athlete to be rejected by UWW is Viktor Lebedev because he has already served a doping ban.
Russian state media is also reporting that the taekwondo, trampoline, gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and boxing teams will also be cleared to compete.
“The (Russian) decision has been made, there is nothing we can do about it”, Chiller added.
Four other Russian lifters were named in the McLaren report.
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“We would like to highlight the extremely shocking and disappointing statistics regarding the Russian weightlifters”, said a statement by IWF.
