America's anti-doping leader renewed the call to ban Russians across all sports from the Rio Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected an appeal Thursday by Russian competitors
Washington: America's anti-doping leader renewed the call to ban Russians across all sports from the Rio Olympics after the Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected an appeal Thursday by Russian competitors.
"It's a sad situation for everyone who loves sport, especially those Russian athletes who were abused and harmed by their leader's actions — but it's the right outcome," said US Anti-Doping Agency chief executive Travis Tygart.
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"We hope, the IOC will now follow the path this decision has paved and restore faith in the Olympic values by exercising its authority to suspend the Russian Olympic Committee while allowing for a process by which individual Russian athletes can compete if they can prove they are truly clean," he said.
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