USA Today · Jul 26, 2016
The Latest: Two Russian athletes barred in modern pentathlon
(Photo: The Associated Press)MOSCOW (AP) — The Latest on the Rio Games (all times local to Rio de Janeiro):
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Two Russian modern pentathlon athletes have been barred from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics after being implicated in an alleged doping cover-up.
The International Modern Pentathlon Union says that Maxim Kustov and Ilya Frolov were mentioned in World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren's report last week as having allegedly had positive tests covered up by Russian authorities.
Kustov had been entered for the Russian team, with Frolov as a reserve, and both will now be excluded, the UIPM says. Latvian athlete Ruslan Nakonechny replaces Kustov in the men's event.