[Pete.]

Russian athletes will not be able to compete at Rio 2016 after the Court of Arbitration for Sport backed a decision to ban them over the country's alleged state-sponsored doping regime.

Russia's athletics federation was suspended by the sport's world governing body, the IAAF, after an independent report found evidence of widespread doping.

The Russian Olympic Committee and 68 athletes appealed against that decision but after hearing evidence from both sides, Cas has ruled the ban can stand.

Separately, the International Olympic Committee is considering calls to ban all Russian competitors from the Olympic Games following a second report into state-sponsored doping.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/olympics/36855244

[Jordan.]

A mass clocking

[Headie]

So not just athletics then, but all sports

There's still plenty of countries who have state sponsored doping though, like Ukraine, who need to get disciplined too IMO

[Pete.]

Originally Posted by Hayden

So not just athletics then, but all sports

I think it's just track and field athletes atm? It's not very clear

[Headie]

Originally Posted by Pete.

I think it's just track and field athletes atm? It's not very clear

Oh the title was misleading

Yeah I just read up on it and it's just Athletics (Track & Field) which they're banned, we already knew that but now it's been confirmed by all governing bodies

[smudgie]

bloody disgrace.
Russia should not be allowed to participate at all.

[James]

The IOC is still deciding whether to chuck Russia out of the Rio Olympics completely.

[Crimson Dynamo]

what about China?