Court of Arbitration for Sport rules against appeal of six Russian cross country skiers

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) ruled on Monday to uphold the provisional suspensions of six Russian cross country skiers rejecting their appeal, the court said in its statement, TASS reports.

"The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) has issued decisions in the arbitration procedures involving six Russian cross country skiers - Alexey Petukhov, Evgenia Shapovalova, Maxim Vylegzhanin, Alexander Legkov, Evgeniy Belov and Julia Ivanova," the CAS said in its statement. "The CAS Panels in charge of the matters have decided to maintain the provisional suspensions imposed on the athletes until 31 October 2017, at the latest," the statement said. "In the absence of any anti-doping rule violation (ADRV) having been assessed against any of the athletes so far, the temporary suspension shall lapse and the athletes shall be allowed to compete again."