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- Twenty-eight Russian athletes had their Olympic doping bans overturned, throwing the International Olympic Committee’s policy on Russian doping into turmoil.
- The 28 who had their bans lifted could now seek late entry into the Pyeongchang Olympics — suggesting a chaotic few days ahead for the IOC and winter sports governing bodies before the games open Feb. 9.
- “In 28 cases, the evidence collected was found to be insufficient to establish that an anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) was committed by the athletes concerned,” the sports court said in a statement.
MOSCOW (AP) — Twenty-eight Russian athletes had their Olympic doping bans overturned, throwing the International Olympic Committee’s policy on Russian doping into turmoil.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruling on Thursday was set to reinstate Russia seven medals from the 2014 Sochi Olympics, including gold in men’s skeleton and men’s 50-kilometer cross-country skiing.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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