“The funniest thing is that right now I am on my way to Moscow to receive my Russian team sports kit. LAUSANNE, Switzerland — Sport’s highest tribunal rejected yesterday Russia’s appeal against a doping ban for its entire athletics team from the Rio Olympics starting in 15 days’ time, drawing swift and angry condemnation from Moscow. Olympics Friday, July 22, 2016 Russia loses appeal against doping banGold medalist Yelena Isinbayeva of Russia holds her national flag after the women''s pole vault final during the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Istanbul in March, 2012. Russia had argued it had taken steps to clean up the sport, and that the blanket ban was unfair to individual athletes with no record of doping. “They have always feared (our) strength.”The ban on Russia’s track-and-field team going to Rio was imposed last November by the IAAF after an independent report uncovered rampant state-sponsored doping in Russian athletics.

Source: Bueno Aires Herald July 21, 2016 23:37 UTC