“It’s an unprecedented situation.”Related The Man Behind the Rise and Fall of Russian SportsMany Russian athletes in various sports were still in limbo Wednesday. But behind the cloud of one of sporting history’s biggest scandals, Russia is in fact fielding an Olympic team. BlockedYelena Isinbayeva, pole vault: Track-and-field star missing her chance for a third Olympic gold. ENLARGERussia’s pursuit track cycling team landed in Rio de Janeiro Sunday unsure whether it would be allowed to compete. Three more “were potentially implicated” in the Russian doping scheme alleged by the anti-doping agency, cycling’s world governing body, Union Cycliste Internationale, said on July 28.

Source: Wall Street Journal August 03, 2016 23:21 UTC