The opponent will be the International Olympic Committee, FINA and the Russian Olympic Committee," Efimova's agent Andrei Mitkov told R-Sport. MOSCOW - Russian Yulia Efimova, who has been banned from competing at next month's Rio Olympics by swimming's governing body FINA, will appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS), her agent said Monday. FINA on Monday banned seven Russians, including 2012 Olympic bronze medallist Efimova, from competing in Rio in the fall-out from Russia's rampant state-run doping. Russia's Yuliya Efimova preparing to compete in the final of the women's 50m breaststroke swimming event at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan on August 9, 2015"We've taken the decision to appeal to CAS.

Source: Bangkok Post July 25, 2016 17:37 UTC