TOKYO (Sputnik) — The official stated that if the athletes are proven to be clean, then there is no reason for them not to participate in Rio Olympics.
"This does not mean that the international federation will decide on everything, but it is good that if international federations have clear evidence [of absence of doping violations by an athlete), there is a way [to the Games]," Tsunekazu Takeda said as quoted by the Kyodo news agency.
Following the release of the WADA report, the IOC said that it would consider a collective ban for the entire Russian team. On Sunday, the IOC Executive Board announced the decision to ban all Russian athletes with doping record from participating in the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, while leaving it to the respective international federations to decide whether individual Russian athletes will be participating in the Games.