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Russian Zakarin focused on Tour amid Olympic concerns
- Updated: July 19, 2016
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BERN, Switzerland (VN) — Before Ilnur Zakarin could step onto the Katusha bus after Monday’s stage at the Tour de France, a journalist blocked his way, and asked him if he was worried about his participation in the upcoming Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games.
Zakarin simply shook his head, said he did not want to comment, and disappeared into the bus.
Scores of journalists hovered outside the bus Monday; some to ask about Alexander Kristoff’s near-miss to Peter Sagan (Tinkoff), and others to ask about an explosive report that could see all Russian athletes banned from the Rio Games.
Zakarin, 26, is the lone Russian racing in the Tour de France who is Brazil-bound to compete on the three-man Russian road squad in the Olympic road race in August. Sergey Chernetskiy and Pavel Kochetkov, both also of Katusha but not at the Tour, are set to race the road event, with Zakarin also racing in the time trial.
Whether or not they go to Brazil depends on what happens in the next days.
On Monday, WADA released the so-called McLaren report that …
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