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An arbitration court confirmed that Russia\u2019s track and field team, which was caught in a major doping and cover-up scandal, can be banned from the Olympics. \u00a0The ruling also opened the door to banning the entire Russian delegation, if the International Olympics Committee so decides.<\/p>\n

Do you think Russia should be banned from the competition?<\/p>\n

From\u00a0Russia Loses Appeal of Olympics Ban for Track-and-Field Athletes \u2013 WSJ<\/a>:<\/em><\/p>\n

An appeals court on Thursday opened the door to a ban on the entire Russian delegation from the Rio Olympics in August with a ruling that individual athletes can be punished collectively for doping violations committed by sports officials and coaches.<\/p>\n

The ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne, Switzerland, should have a broad impact even though it was focused on the decision by the International Association of Athletics Federations, track and field\u2019s global governing body, to ban Russia\u2019s track-and-field athletes.<\/p>\n

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The decision clears the way for the International Olympic Committee to heed the call of more antidoping officials, athletes and members of its own athletes\u2019 commission to support a ban of the entire Russian team. Those calls intensified this week after another World Anti-Doping Agency report detailed how the Russian Ministry of Sport conspired to corrupt the antidoping lab at the Sochi Olympics in 2014 and hid performance-enhancing drug use for more than five years.<\/p>\n

[Keep reading. . .]<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote><\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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