Russia's Viktor Lebedev (left) celebrates his victory during the 55 kg freestyle final at the 2015 World Wrestling Championships in Moscow"For Viktor Lebedev, all is well," delegation chief Igor Kazikov told Russian sports agency R-Sport. MOSCOW - Russia's two-time world champion Viktor Lebedev has been cleared to wrestle in Rio in the wake of the Russian doping scandal, the head of Russia's Olympic delegation said Saturday. He said Lebedev, who appealed against a ban along with other Russian athletes, had been authorised to compete by a special International Olympic Committee commission. With Lebedev restored to competition, the Russian delegation is made up of 277 athletes. The three-member IOC commission has final say on which Russian athletes can compete in the Rio Games after allegations of state-sponsored doping contained in a report commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency led to wholesale bans.

Source: Bangkok Post August 06, 2016 16:41 UTC