The powerhouse Russian track team, engulfed in an ever-widening doping scandal, will not be allowed to compete at the upcoming 2016 Summer Olympics, it was announced Friday. Rio Games have problems, but so have other Olympics'Clean Russian athletes' appeal to IOC ahead of the 2016 Summer Olympicsdavid.wharton@latimes.comFollow me on Twitter “The head coach of the Russian athletics team and many of the athletes on that team appear unwilling to acknowledge the nature and extent of the doping problem in Russian athletics. But another WADA report, released earlier this week, alleged that a “significant amount” of Russian athletes had skipped or evaded drug tests over the last six months. With the International Olympic Committee – which has final say on the Games – unlikely to contradict the IAAF ruling, Russia’s track athletes are left with only a few options.

Source: Los Angeles Times June 17, 2016 15:36 UTC