BREAKING NEWS
Russia will not be completely banned from the Rio Olympics. But officials did rule that athletes must appeal to gain eligibility.
Sunday, July 24, 2016 10:18 AM EDT
Olympics officials have determined that all Russian Olympic athletes should be considered tainted by the country’s state-run doping scheme, announcing on Sunday that they must appeal to individual sports federations to gain eligibility for the coming Rio Games.
The International Olympic Committee said in a statement that “all Russian athletes seeking entry to the Olympic Games Rio 2016 are considered to be affected by a system subverting and manipulating the anti-doping system.”
The officials stopped short of completely barring the entire Russian delegation.
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