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The Latest: Bach asks for support in Russia decision

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):

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10:05 a.m.

IOC President Thomas Bach is asking the full committee to support the decision to reject a complete ban on Russian athletes for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics.

Bach opened the International Olympic Committee's three-day general assembly Tuesday with another defense of the executive board's handling of the Russian doping scandal.

He again pointed blame at the World Anti-Doping Agency for failing to act sooner on evidence of state-sponsored doping in Russia, and said it would be wrong to make individual athletes "collateral damage" for the wrongdoing of their government.