"We feel we have found a number of elements to charge a certain number of athletes," Oswald told International Olympic Committee (IOC) members at the body's session meeting in Lima. Swiss Oswald, who did not say how many athletes could be involved, said the first hearings would start in October. He added that his commission could only ban athletes from Olympics and not impose other sanctions. This triggered a number of investigations, including Oswald's on behalf of the IOC, to determine whether Russia had manipulated their athletes' samples at those Olympics three years ago. Russian Olympic Committee chief Alexander Zhukov told reporters in Lima he was confident Russian athletes would be competing in Pyeongchang.

Source: The Star September 15, 2017 17:13 UTC