By David LeggatTop New Zealand swimmer Lauren Boyle has some sympathy for Russian athletes who have been forced into a systematic state-run doping programme. If you have a doping ban in swimming you're thought of differently than if you haven't. ''There are a lot of athletes in swimming and other sports in the Olympics who have tested positive and been allowed to come back," she said. ''It's also horrible for those individual athletes in Russia who have been pushed into that programme. Boyle leaves New Zealand bound for Rio on Thursday with the other eight swimmers in the Olympic squad.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 19, 2016 06:11 UTC