IOC panel of three to make final decision on Russia's participation in Olympics

At 4 o'clock this morning BST, the IOC Executive Board made an announcement to the effect that three individuals appointed by them will have a final say on which Russian athletes can compete at the Rio Olympic Games.'Participation of Russian athletes in RioThe EB decided to...

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Mustafina Interview 2 of 2 : 'I will only perform under the Russian flag'

Argumentyi i Fakti interview with Aliya MustafinaTranslated by Marina Vulis Normal 0 false false false EN-GB X-NONE X-NONE ...

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Mustafina - Interview 1 of 2 'Skipping the Olympics would not break me'

Picture of Aliya Mustafina courtesy of Aliya on InstagramRSport interview with Ildra SamdinovTranslation by Marina VulisInterview took place before the IOC decision to allow Russian gymnasts to compete at the Rio Olympics, on the 22nd July 2016'Skipping the Olympics will not...

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'WADA has too much power' - video interview with Andrei Rodionenko - translation

Interview with Andrei RodionenkoTranslation by Liubov Baladzhaeva The interview was recorded after CAS decision, but before IOC decision, when the team was still in Russia.Rodionenko is not happy with how much power WADA currently has and he thinks that it should be reformed...

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Video interviews with Valentina Rodionenko and Nikolai Kuksenkov - translations

.Video interview with Valentina Rodionenko and Nikolai KuksenkovTranslation by Liubov BaladzhaevaInterview took place before the IOC decision to allow clean Russian athletes to participate in the Games, but after the publication of the McLaren report and WADA's recommendation...

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