By Thursday evening, the number of Russian athletes cleared had climbed to 271. But the precise number of Russian athletes in that parade — and on hand for these Summer Games — was a moving target 24 hours before their official opening as individual sports federations were still determining which Russian athletes will be cleared to compete. Given the volume of testing to which it has been subjected, Zhukov said, the Russian team “is probably the cleanest in Rio.” It will be carried by a 40-year-old volleyball legend, Sergey Tetyukhin, who is appearing in his sixth Olympics. “WADA handed the IOC that excuse by sitting on the allegations for close to a year,” former WADA chief investigator Jack Robertson told Pro Publica.

Source: Washington Post August 04, 2016 20:15 UTC