No track and field athletes were among the contingent heading for Rio, since the entire track team is banned from competing, except for a single U.S.-based long jumper, following revelations of widespread doping.
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All samples collected from Russian swimmers at the 2015 world championships are being re-tested. It brought in the workers as it races to address complaints over filth, poor plumbing and wiring at the Olympic Village ahead of the start of the Games on August 5.
Instead, individual governing bodies will decide whether Russian athletes can participate following the damning McLaren Report into state-sponsored doping in the country.
“Therefore, ITU will recommend to the International Olympic Committee that these six athletes be permitted to compete in Rio next month”.
BOXING – The International Boxing Association is yet to announce a decision on 11 Russian boxers.
“We have chosen to keep them in the draw, pending that validation”.
The four other banned canoeists are Alexei Korovashkov-a 2012 bronze medalist in the C2 1,000 meters event-Andrei Kraitor, Elena Anyushina and Nataliya Podolskaya.
CYCLING – Awaiting decision on 18 Russian cyclists. The global volleyball federation did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
GOLF – Awaiting decision on one Russian golfer.
The head of Russia’s trampolining federation, Nikolai Makarov, told TASS news agency that he had received “verbal permission” from the sport’s worldwide authorities for the team to take part.
Russia’s track and field team is being punished collectively for the actions of less responsible sportsmen who broke the rules and squad members were banned without proof against them, pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva told Putin.
Team members left on a charter flight from Moscow’s Sheremetevo airport to Brazil, a day after an emotional farewell ceremony with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin.
“The FIE has always strictly complied with any and all anti-doping rules and regulations established by the International Olympic Committee and WADA”, the statement added. The International Triathlon Union said the three men and three women who qualified for Rio are not mentioned in the McLaren report and have not served past doping suspensions.
Anastasiia Karabelshchikova and Ivan Podshivalov, who had been sanctioned for anti-doping violations in 2007/2008, were also not eligible for the Games.
According to the details, the commission claimed it had found evidence that Russia’s Sports Ministry and the Center for the Training of Russian National Teams and the Federal Security Service had covered up a doping program in Russian sports.
Rowing’s worldwide governing body FISA was the latest to get tough with Russia, announcing that 22 of 28 Russian competitors had been banned under strict criteria imposed by the IOC.
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TENNIS – All seven Russian tennis players have been cleared to compete in Rio by the International Tennis Federation (ITF).
