The head of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), Aleksander Zhukov, has stated that the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 5th to 21st are to be attended by about 270 Russian athletes.
According to him, the ROC has already received special documents for admission of the Russian International Olympic Committee (IOC). Now they are being examined by the head of R&D management to ensure the participation in the Olympic Games Igor Kazik." Almost all athletes are in a full complement virtually in all kind of sports. There is no clarity with some rowers, but now they will be completely tested,’’ R-Sport cites Zhukov as saying.
He also drew attention to the fact that the competitions will be joined by swimmers Vladimir Morozov and Nikita Lobintsev who won a lawsuit in the Arbitration Court for Sports.The information about Yulia Efimova is unknown yet, as the court is still continuing to examine her lawsuit.
Earlier, the IOC Executive Board decided not to suspend the entire Russian team from the Olympics and gave sports federations the right to take a decision. The final decision on the number of Russian athletes is accepted by an independent commission of three IOC members.
