McLaren said his investigation did find evidence of individual athletes whose urine samples were part of the doping system and he had shared their names with WADA. MONTREAL - Richard McLaren, the Canadian lawyer who produced the explosive report on state-run doping in Russia, said he has had a "deluge" of requests to name individual athletes implicated in his investigation. "It has not been to establish anti-doping rule violation cases against individual athletes," he said. While McLaren said he will not release names of individuals implicated by his research, his investigation could lead to doping violation cases against individuals. WADA has given the names to sports federations, and with the opening ceremony looming on Friday more than 117 Russian athletes of the 387 initially announced by the Russian Olympic Committee have been excluded.

Source: Bangkok Post July 30, 2016 19:41 UTC