Don't Miss
- Commissioner’s statement on Ventura, Marte
- Ronnie O’Sullivan: Masters champion ‘felt so vulnerable’ in final
- Arron Fletcher Wins 2017 WSOP International Circuit Marrakech Main Event ($140,224)
- Smith challenges Warner to go big in India
- Moncada No. 1 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- Braves land 2 on MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- Kingery makes MLB Pipeline’s Top 10 2B Prospects list
- New Zealand wrap up 2-0 after Bangladesh implosion
- Mathews, Pradeep, Gunathilaka to return to Sri Lanka
- Elliott hopes for rain for Poli
CAS Upholds Ban On Russia Athletics: Ball Back In IOC Court On Rio 2016 Blanket Ban
- Updated: July 21, 2016
A possible ban on Russia at the Rio 2016 Olympic Games drew closer when the Court of Arbitration for Sport upheld the ban Russian track and field athletes from the Games over the state-sponsored doping regime at the heart of the World Anti-Doping Agency‘s McLaren report.
The IAAF, track and field’s equivalent of FINA, suspended Russia after two independent reports for WADA found evidence of widespread doping. In the wake of the McLaren Report, WADA recommended a blanket ban on all sports from Russia for Rio 2016.
The Russian Olympic Committee and 68 athletes appealed against that decision but CAS today ruled in favour of the …
continue reading in source www.swimvortex.com
