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Russia faces total Rio Olympics ban after losing appeal
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| Contributor | IndyGeorgia |
| Last Edited | IndyGeorgia Jul 21, 2016 09:14am |
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| Author | Stephen Wilson |
| News Date | Thursday, July 21, 2016 03:10:00 PM UTC0:0 |
| Description | LONDON—Russia lost its appeal Thursday against the Olympic ban on its track and field athletes, a decision which could add pressure on the IOC to exclude the country entirely from next month’s games in Rio de Janeiro.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected the appeal of 68 Russian athletes seeking to overturn the ban imposed by the IAAF following allegations of state-sponsored doping and coverups.
The court, based in Lausanne, Switzerland, upheld the “validity” of the IAAF ban, saying a country whose national federation is suspended is ineligible from entering international competitions, including the Olympics.
The three-person panel ruled that the Russian Olympic Committee “is not entitled to nominate Russian track and field athletes to compete at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games considering that they are not eligible to participate under the IAAF competition rules.”
CAS, however, said it had no jurisdiction on whether the International Olympic Committee can accept or refuse the entry of Russian track and field athletes, either those representing their country or as “neutral athletes.” |
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