RIO DE JANEIRO - Russian swimmers Vladimir Morozov and Nikita Lobintsev on Saturday lodged appeals against their doping ban from the Rio Olympics, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said. Morozov and Lobintsev were among seven Russians banned by the International Swimming Federation (FINA). Russia's Nikita Lobintsev reacting at the end of the semi-finals of the men's 100-metre freestyle swimming event in the FINA World Championships at Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona on July 31, 2013Both have requested that CAS, which has set up special courts in Rio, declare "invalid and unenforceable" an International Olympic Committee order for federations to exclude athletes implicated in an investigation on doping in Russia.

Source: Bangkok Post July 30, 2016 19:07 UTC