Morozov becomes first Russian to appeal Olympic ban

Sports reported that Russia’s eight weightlifting spots will offered to other countries.

Last month, the IWF said its executive board had chose to suspend for a year national federations that produced three or more doping violations in re-tests from the 2008 and 2012 Olympic Games – made possible by improved detection techniques.

Two Russian swimmers have filed an appeal against their exclusion from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

The IWF described the doping results as “extremely shocking and disappointing”.

Russia’s largest losses are in track and field, with 67 of 68 athletes barred, while the situation remains unclear in some sports, notably weightlifting and boxing.

The International Weightlifting Federation announced in a statement on Friday that none of the eight Russian weightlifters will be permitted to participate in the Rio Olympics.

Morozov, a member of the 4x100m freestyle relay team that came third in 2012 in London, was one of seven Russian swimmers banned by the International Swimming Federation (FINA) following the IOC directive.

Just days ahead of the Olympic Games the waterways of Rio de Janeiro are as filthy as ever, contaminated with raw human sewage teeming with unsafe viruses and bacteria, according to a 16-month-long study commissioned by…

“The samples collected in Rio will at some point be tested for gene doping (after the games), but we have a principle, we will not put in place a test that hasn’t actually been used yet by a WADA-accredited laboratory”, Budgett said in a phone interview.

“We trust that we could also clarify that the International Olympic Committee ruling on previously banned Russian athletes does not apply to Yulia as she was declared eligible to run”.

Russia’s Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said Saturday that he expected 266 Russians to be in Rio.

Pressure for the full sanction followed a World Anti-Doping Agency report by Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren that accused Russia’s sports ministry of overseeing a vast doping conspiracy involving the country’s summer and winter sports athletes.

There was good news for Russia on Friday when the Russian Taekwondo Union said it had received notification from the World Taekwondo Federation that all three of its entries could compete in Rio.