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[Blue Lou]

http://www.insidethegames.biz/artic...ourt-of-arbitration-for-sport-uphold-iaaf-ban

Russia's athletes will miss the Rio 2016 Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) today threw out an appeal against their International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) ban.

The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and 68 athletes were bidding for reinstatement ahead of the Games but the CAS has sided with the IAAF.

The verdict could pave the way for the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to introduce a total blanket ban on the Russian team for Rio 2016, across all sports.

 

[Bold One]

WW3?

 

[WaterAstro]

Honestly, they dodged a train. Athletes who go to Rio are probably going to pick up a few diseases.

 

[obin_gam]

Now I need to change the lyrics

Russians are doping
and corpses are floating
at the Copa- Copacabana

 

[Azuran]

The entire Russian team should be banned considering it was state sponsored.

 

[TTG]

According to wiki, Russia sent 436 athletes to the 2012 Olympics, so 68 should not be an enormous percentage of would be competitors. I'm sure Russia will be in hysterics anyway given the current anti West sentiment.

 

[Purkake4]

Reading up on the way this worked is cray-cray.