RIO DE JANEIRO - International Olympic Committee leaders on Saturday started talks dominated by fallout from the Russian doping crisis as a Russian swimmer appealed against his Rio Olympics ban just six days before the start of the Games. Russian doping whistleblower Vitaly Stepanov told a Brazilian newspaper that the Rio Olympics "will not be clean" and blasted the IOC for not banning Russia. The CAS has already rejected an appeal made by 67 Russian athletes against a ban ordered by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) before the IOC sanctions. The IOC is still in shock over attacks for not ordering a blanket ban on Russian athletes following an inquiry by Canadian lawyer Richard McLean for the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). At least 117 Russian athletes out of 387 names proposed for the Games have been excluded by federations which were told by the IOC to examine all Russian competitors entered.

Source: Bangkok Post July 30, 2016 18:45 UTC