PYEONGCHANG, South Korea (AP) — The Latest on the Pyeongchang Olympics (all times local):
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Russian officials have criticized a last-minute ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport that will prevent 45 excluded Russian athletes and two coaches from competing in the Pyeongchang Olympics.
The athletes had appealed after the International Olympic Committee didn't invite them because of doping concerns. There is a 168-person delegation from Russia, but they must compete in neutral uniforms. If they win medals, the Olympic flag will be raised and the Olympic anthem played.
Russian Deputy Prime Minister Vitaly Mutko tells the Interfax news agency that Moscow was not surprised by the ruling, saying that "it was hard for the CAS to deliver a ruling with all of that pressure.