Sixty-eight Russian track and field athletes will be banned from Rio following allegations of state-sponsored doping.
The Court of Arbitration for Sport has upheld a ban imposed by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF), which came after repeated allegations of mass doping and state-sponsored cover-ups.
The ruling could influence whether the entire Russian Olympic team is banned from the games.
The Russian Athletics Federation said it had done everything it could to ensure its team competed at Rio and a Kremlin spokesman said it was looking at the possibility of a meeting between President Putin and Russian athletes.
Russia’s sports minister, Vitaly Mutko, has said he will consider what stepts to take following the decision, adding that things cannot be left as they are.
Source: Sky Sports
