Russian Boxers will compete in Rio, says AIBA

Eight more Russian athletes were allowed to take part in the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on Friday bringing the total number to 279.

A global sporting tribunal opened the door wider to Russian participation at the Rio Olympic Games yesterday, ruling that an Olympic ban on two Russian rowers and a swimmer with histories of doping was unenforceable.

“I’m going to the Olympics”, the breaststroke world champion and 2012 Olympic bronze medallist said on Instagram.

“I couldn t be more proud and relieved”.

Irish boxer Michael O’Reilly has already become the first athlete to have failed a test at Rio 2016, but is thought to be still here in a separate part of the Athletes’ Village to his team-mates.

She faced a lifetime ban as a two-time offender.

He said neither the name of the athlete nor the sport would be made public until the B-sample had been tested or the athlete waived the right for the second test.

The CAS decision could force other federations, who were asked by the International Olympic Committee to recommend which Russians could compete, to reconsider their lists.

The four-times world champion had looked set to miss the Games but was handed a lifeline on Thursday when the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) partially upheld her appeal against her ban. Russian cyclist Ilnur Zakarin was cleared for the Rio Olympics but he will not participate as he had no possibility to prepare for the Games.

Isinbayeva can no doubt count on the votes from Russia’s diminished team in Rio but she may struggle for support elsewhere, given her high-profile campaign against Russia’s punishment for systemic and widespread doping.

But Bach has also faced criticism from countries who feel he was too soft on Russian Federation.