MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The International Olympic Committee (IOC) in its Sunday announcement delegated to individual federations the decision whether to ban Russian athletes from the August 5-21 games.
"Further, all Russian athletes are being carefully monitored as part of ISSF’s intelligence based testing program. Therefore, the ISSF Executive Committee unanimously voted confirming that all 18 Russian athletes fulfill the criteria set by the IOC further to its Executive Board meeting decision of Sunday July 24,” the federation said.
