A decision on an appeal by Russian athletes to compete at the Pyeongchang Olympics will likely be taken on Friday, the Secretary General of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) Matthieu Reeb said on Thursday. CAS has been handling several appeals from the Russians after the International Olympic Committee (IOC) invited 169 carefully screened Russian athletes to compete as independents in South Korea. Russia was banned from Pyeongchang over the Sochi 2014 doping scandal and the IOC had banned dozens of athletes from the games for life and stripped their Sochi Games medals following several investigations. CAS upheld the appeal of 28 athletes due to insufficient evidence but the IOC still refused to invite them saying the evidence was there. “The decision is likely to be issued tomorrow morning so between 0900 and 1200 (local/0000-0300 GMT).

Source: Hindustan Times February 08, 2018 09:33 UTC