RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — A final ruling on the entry of Russian athletes in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics is coming down to the wire.
IOC President Thomas Bach said a decision will be announced later Thursday, just a day before the opening of the games, following a review of the doping records of individual Russian athletes.
The IOC asked international sports federations to decide which Russian athletes could be free to compete in Rio, following a report by a World Anti-Doping Agency investigator that detailed evidence of state-sponsored doping in Russia.
The International Olympic Committee set up a panel of three executive board members to make the final call, taking into account the advice of an independent sports arbitrator.