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A three-person International Olympic Committee (IOC) Executive Board panel has been selected today to make final decisions on the eligibility of all Russian athletes competing at Rio 2016.

total, 119 Russians have so far been declared ineligible, including 68 in athletics and the entire weightlifting

is to appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) against the decision by the International Weightlifting

allowed to compete at Rio 2016.The world governing body claimed in a statement that the "integrity of the weightlifting

Unfortunately, the [International Weightlifting] Federation took collective responsibility again and

only two quota places they secured.Sergei Yeryomin, chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Russian Weightlifting

last minute and didn’t leave a chance of organisational or legal steps for the team of a country where weightlifting

A week from now, the entire world will be reflecting on the events of the Opening Ceremony of the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro the night before.

for standing firm.The latest Federation to make the step into the unprecedented was the International Weightlifting

"The integrity of the weightlifting sport has been seriously damaged on multiple times and levels by

programme, endemic at several major events and allegedly in a number of summer and winter sports.Russia’s weightlifting

that all interested parties must hope closes sooner rather than later.Yes, the issues within Russian weightlifting

Russia's weightlifters have been banned from competing at the Olympic Games here, it was announced today. 

In a statement, the International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) said that the "integrity of the weightlifting

disappointing statistics" regarding Russian weightlifters.The IWF statement added:  "The Russian Weightlifting

conduct connected with or associated with doping or anti-doping rule violations, brings the sport of weightlifting

presence after being stripped of the only two quota places they secured.Russia had had won more medals in weightlifting

second wave of retests from the London 2012 Olympic Games, including six medallists, the International Weightlifting

provisional suspensions on the lifters, with the athletes entitled to have the B-samples tested.The Turkish Weightlifting

Three rowers have been axed from Russia's team for Rio 2016 after failing to meet the strict criteria for eligibility installed by the International Olympic Committee (IOC), the International Rowing Federation (FISA) announced today following a meeting of their Executive Committee.

suspension to the CAS.Several IFs have come out in support of the IOC’s decision, although the International Weightlifting

Even 80 years on, the Berlin Games of 1936 remain the most controversial and most talked about in the history of the modern Olympic movement. 

the boredom of advent by writing an Olympic hymn for the proles," he had said dismissively.Olympic weightlifting

Turkish weightlifter Sibel Özkan has been disqualified retroactively from the Beijing 2008 Olympics and ordered to return the silver medal she won at the Games after re-analysis of her samples revealed banned substance stanozolol.

second in the women’s 48 kilograms category, now faces the prospect of being banned by the International Weightlifting

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) have revealed that 30 athletes from Beijing 2008 and 15 from London 2012 have tested positive in the second wave of doping retests from the last two Summer Olympic Games.

be stripped of her Olympic bronze medal as a result of the first batch of retests.The International Weightlifting

The International Shooting Sport Federation (ISSF) has published audited annual financial accounts for the first time, in a move that makes plain the full extent of the body’s dependence on the Olympic Games for its financial stability.

Olympic IFs which publish their financial information.A back-of-envelope calculation ranks it just above weightlifting

Nearly a year ago, Pakistan bowler Mohammad Amir gave an interview in which he said he wanted to be loved again as he prepared to make a return from a five-year ban for his involvement in the infamous spot-fixing scandal of 2010.

medals, international acclaim and healthy payment packages out on the track, in the pool or inside the weightlifting

Russian weightlifter Alexey Lovchev’s appeal against a four-year ban after testing positive for growth hormone enhancer ipamorelin has been dismissed by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).

tested positive.Lovchev said he did not agree with the four-year ban given to him by the International Weightlifting

Ukrainian weightlifter Yulia Kalina has been stripped of her Olympic bronze medal by the International Olympic Committee (IOC) after she became the first athlete to be officially sanctioned by the body as part of re-tests of samples provided at London 2012.

she was fourth behind Kalina in London four years ago.The IOC has also called on the International Weightlifting

from the Games of the XXX Olympiad London 2012 and ordered to return the bronze medal from the 58kg weightlifting

Coverage of doping stories in sport this year has felt at times like being stuck in some sort of endless time-warp. 

against countries like Bulgaria, Kazakhstan, Belarus and Azerbaijan, all of whom are now banned from weightlifting