Article Continued BelowThe IOC asked individual global sports federations to decide on entry of Russian athletes, and announced new eligibility criteria. MOSCOW—At least eight Russian athletes are set to miss next month’s games in Rio de Janeiro under new IOC rules prohibiting former dopers from competing, Russia’s top Olympic official said. As the Aug. 5 opening ceremony approaches, it is up to the remaining 27 international sports federations to vet individual Russian athletes. Zhukov spoke a day after the International Olympic Committee executive board decided against imposing a complete ban on Russian athletes from the Rio Games over allegations of state-sponsored doping. The rules prohibit Russia from sending to the Rio Games any athletes who have previously served doping bans.

Source: thestar July 25, 2016 16:03 UTC