The IOC ruled on Sunday not to ban the entire Russian Olympic team from participating in the August 5-21 games in Brazil, helping Russian athletes escape a blanket ban.
How can IOC ban RUS athletes who have already served ADRV bans but allow athletes from other nations who have already served ADRV bans?
— Richard Ings (@ringsau) 24 июля 2016 г.
Hope Russia wins every event they participate in at the Olympics
— Bob Bakkus (@FreeTheTinman) 25 июля 2016 г.
Famous American long-distance runner Kara Goucher said that the accusations toward Russia have more to do with politics, rather than sports.
So if you're Russian and served a drug ban you aren't allowed, but the US can send previously banned athletes. What? https://t.co/2oJiB4K9w3
— Kara Goucher (@karagoucher) 24 июля 2016 г.
At the same time, Russian track and field athletes won't be able to take part in the Games in accordance with the previous decision made by the IAAF.
"Well, that's it… the end of our struggle for Rio… I am not going to rank first again…" world record pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva tweeted.
Ну вот и все… Закончилась наша борьба за Рио… Не судьба мне вновь встать на высшую ступень… https://t.co/YcusgSOXxe
— Yelena Isinbaeva (@yelenaisinbaeva) 24 июля 2016 г.
Russian track and field athlete Sergey Shubenkov posted: "The same song after each OG. This time, substantial progress — they started talking about problems before the competition".
После каждых ОИ одна и та же песня. В этот раз существенный прогресс — о проблемах заговорили уже до турнира 😆 https://t.co/ADCYY85Bup
— Sergey Shubenkov RU (@serg_shubenkov) 25 июля 2016 г.
