webfact Posted July 19, 2016 Share Posted July 19, 2016 IOC to ‘explore’ banning Russia from Rio GamesLAUSANNE: -- The International Olympic Committee has delayed a decision on whether to ban Russia from next month’s Rio Games over accusations of doping.The IOC said on Tuesday it will explore its legal options and wait for a ruling, due Thursday, by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) concerning Russia’s track and field athletes, already banned from the Rio Games.The IOC did however take a series of interim measures.It said the Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko will not be allowed to attend the Rio Games, along with other officials said to be involved in a state-run doping programme.The IOC also said it will not organise or back any sports event in Russia, including the European Games scheduled for 2019.Last but not least, it plans to re-test all Russians who competed at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.The Mc Laren report published this week detailed widespread doping among Russian sportsmen and women that was covered up at the highest level.It laid out how athletes’ urine samples were swapped with clean ones, particularly during the Sochi Games, in Russia.Moscow denies such a doping scheme existed, but it has suspended several senior sports officials mentioned in the report. -- (c) Copyright Euronews 2016-07-20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caps Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 If they don't get a ban it would be unfair for dope free competitors should Russia win an event. It could also open up a can of worms with countries complaining if their competitors came second or third But may be they don't have the b@!!s to ban them? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Off-topic post removed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
craigt3365 Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Because it was sponsored by the government, a ban is a very viable option. Sad for the clean athletes, but hard to believe they didn't know what was going on. Too widespread. And not fair to all the athletes who were clean. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ddavidovsky Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 I've lost confidence that there are any clean athletes at the top. Seems they reached the natural limits of human achievement some time ago, and only the unnatural is now open to them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JAG Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 They will bottle it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hammock Posted July 20, 2016 Share Posted July 20, 2016 Seems like all professional sportsmen are cheating. It's just trendy now to blame Russians in all sins. Seems like all international sports organizations are stockpiling skeletons in their closets. When spring comes and snow melts, all crap will come out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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