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IOC members reject 'nuclear option', bash anti-doping agency

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — IOC President Thomas Bach lashed out Tuesday against those calling for the "nuclear option'" — a complete ban on Russian athletes from the Rio de Janeiro Games — as he and other members blamed global anti-doping officials for a scandal that has rattled the Olympic movement.

Bach opened the International Olympic Committee's three-day general assembly by seeking formal backing of the members for the executive board's handling of the Russian doping scandal. After a debate lasting more than two hours, Bach asked for a show of hands, and only one of the 85 members — Britain's Adam Pengilly —voted against his position.