The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has announced it will issue a ruling tomorrow (Friday) on the 45 Russian athletes seeking entry to the 2018 winter Olympic Games, as it rejected a late plea from a further six athletes.
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has expressed its confidence that Pyeongchang will stage a successful winter Olympic Games after wrapping up its final project review today (Wednesday).
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has issued life bans to a further five Russian athletes, including Sochi 2014 gold medallists Dmitrii Trunenkov and Aleksei Negodailo, as it gave its full backing to the evidence supplied by whistle-blower Grigory Rodchenkov and World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report author Professor Richard McLaren into the doping system in place at Russia’s winter Olympic Games.
