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    BBC News Winter Olympics: IOC votes to lift Russia ban if no further doping violations



    Russia's Olympic ban will be lifted if there are no further doping violations from their athletes at Pyeongchang 2018, the International Olympic Committee has voted unanimously.
    However, the IOC says Russian athletes will not be allowed to parade under their own flag at the closing ceremony.
    Russia was banned because of state-sponsored doping at Sochi 2014.


    A team of 168 competed in South Korea as neutral Olympic athletes from Russia (OAR) but two failed drugs tests.
    Alexander Krushelnitsky won bronze in the mixed curling but was stripped of his medal after being found guilty of doping while Nadezhda Sergeeva, who competed in bobsleigh, was banned on Saturday.
    IOC president Thomas Bach said the failed tests were "very disappointing and prevented the IOC from considering lifting the ban for the closing ceremony".
    But referring to the two positive tests, Bach added: "There is no evidence of systemic doping and no evidence of the involvement of the Russian Olympic Committee in these cases."
    The decisions were made at the 132nd IOC session in Pyeongchang where the 52 members present backed recommendations from the IOC's executive board.
    When the IOC announced Russia's ban in December, Bach said the hosts' doping at the Sochi 2014 Games "was an unprecedented attack on the integrity of the Olympic Games and sport".
    Only athletes who proved they were clean were able to compete in Pyeongchang.
    The OAR team was the third largest at the Games and has so far won 16 medals, including one gold.
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    Default Re: Winter Olympics: IOC votes to lift Russia ban if no further doping violations

    This wont happen, I bet they hush up any other rusky cheating

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