On Sunday, the IOC announced its decision to ban all Russian athletes with a record of doping violations from participating in 2016 Rio Olympic Games, while leaving it up to the respective international federations to decide whether individual Russian athletes should be allowed to compete at the Games.
"In keeping with the IOC’s decision, United World Wrestling has initiated a process to validate each of the Russian wrestlers qualified for the Rio 2016 Games. We already know that WADA-accredited laboratories outside of Russia have tested each Russian wrestler submitted for competition at the Games," Lalovic said in a statement.
It has been reported earlier that President of the Russian Wrestling Federation Mikhail Mamiashvili believes that UWW will allow Russian wrestlers to participate in the Rio Olympics.