THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC Committee (IOC) has revealed that a three-person review panel will have the final say on which Russian athletes can compete in the Rio Olympics less than a week before the Games commence.
Individual sports’ federations have spent the last week deciding whether to allow Russian competitors to perform in Brazil after the IOC ruled out a blanket ban following the publication of the McLaren report, which claimed Russia was guilty of state-sponsored doping.
Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko on Saturday said that he expects 266 athletes from the European nation to be cleared for the Games in Brazil, which start on Friday.
The IOC’s executive board has now announced that Ugur Erdener, Claudia Bokel and Juan Antonio Samaranch will make the “final decision” on Russian participation.
It was stated by the IOC that a decision is due to be made by the panel “in the coming days”.
The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) called for a complete ban on Russian athletes following a report delivered by Professor Richard McLaren, which found that doped athletes representing Russia had been “directed (and) controlled” at state level.
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Evra. The boy who cried wolf. This isnt the first time he has made racial claims.
If suarez did say what Evra says then he will deserve whats thrown at him. But if it is more lies from Evra, he should be shut up for constantly making these claims.
Suarez has a rep of been a cheat and unsavory character with the ear biting incident. Time he gets his dues if this turns out to be true. He constantly dives and cheats. More chance of him winning dancing on ice than the PL thats for certain.
dancing on ice???? idiotic comment, who do you support as a matter of interest?
Its not idiotic if you had the intelligence to decipher it. I don’t support teams where there are cheats, not that its your business anyway.
United supporter then Aidan? Sure they don’t cheat!
Suarez’s diving in some games is one unsavoury element of his game that I dont like and I hope the King makes him cut out but I don’t understand the fergie sheep saying he was diving all over the place on Saturday. That is utter bullshit