Arbitration for sport, or cas, makes it highly unlikely shell be allowed to compete in rio. The court of arbitration for sport has dismissed the request filed by the Russian Olympic Committee and 68 russian athletes. Reporter the Russian Olympic Committee had appealed the ban put in place by the world track and field governing body in november. It bars russian athletes from International Competitions because of doping concerns. The ioc maintains 68 Clean Athletes should still be allowed to take part in the games. Officials in moscow criticized the decision against them. The sports minister vitaly mutko says it lacks objectivity and has no legal basis. The scandal started back in 2014, when a russian middle distance runner blew the whistle on widespread doping in her country. Its now grown to engulf other sports, too. Earlier this week, an investigator for the World Antidoping Agency released a report. He detailed a russian statesponsored doping program, saying positive tests in a wide
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