The Russian Olympic team included a record number of athletes. The Court of Arbitration for Sport allowed athletes with a doping history to compete. The result was affected by suspensions

There are only a few hours left before the start of the 2016 Olympics, and the composition of the Russian team at the Games in Rio de Janeiro may still undergo changes. On August 4, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne (CAS) declared “unenforceable” the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) not to allow Russian athletes who had previously been convicted of doping from participating in the Rio Olympics, even if their sentences had expired.

The decision to abolish double punishment was made by the arbitration court during the consideration of the cases of Russian rowers Ivan Podshivalov and Anastasia Karabelshchikova. CAS partially upheld the athletes' appeal and thus granted the International Rowing Federation the right to make a decision on the admission of Russian athletes. A similar decision was made regarding Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova. Now decisions on the exclusion of individual athletes from the Olympics, previously made by relevant international federations, can be revised.

Today, according to the IOC, 271 athletes from Russia have the right to compete in Rio - compared to the originally announced 387. Russia's final bid for the Games will have to be approved by a three-member International Olympic Committee (IOC) commission, which will, among other things, re-examine the cases of athletes eligible to participate in the Games in accordance with the latest CAS decision.

Everything is hard in athletics, but not easier in weightlifting.

In total, sets of medals will be played out in 33 sports in Brazil. The Russians did not qualify for the Olympics in rugby, field hockey, football and basketball. After the doping scandal with track and field athletes, Russia will be represented in the “queen of sports” by only one athlete - long jumper Daria Klishina. Until the last moment, uncertainty remained regarding the only Russian participant in the golf tournament, Maria Verchenova, but in response to a request from DW, Verchenova's official representative said that she would take the starting line in Brazil.

The situation in weightlifting is completely sad - the entire Russian team has been suspended, without exception. Of course, Daria Klishina alone will not affect the medal balance much, but the Russian team still has one chance at the track and field podium. But the weightlifters didn’t have a single chance.

“The Russians have repeatedly caused serious damage to the reputation of weightlifting. Therefore, in order to preserve the status of the sport, the appropriate sanction was applied,” the International Weightlifting Federation explains its decision. You can’t argue with this - too many Russians from this sport fell into last years on doping. Chapter Olympic Committee Russia (ROC) Alexander Zhukov, in an interview with rsport.ru, expressed the hope that in Rio Russia would be able to field a “small team” in weightlifting, however, these dreams also went to waste.

Some travel in full force

With other disciplines the situation is clearer. Apparently, Russian volleyball teams will take part in the Games - men's and women's (both are traditionally among the favorites, especially the men, champions of London 2012), handball players, boxers, synchronized swimmers, as well as a table tennis team. All these athletes - about 70 of them - on Thursday, July 28, flew from Moscow to Brazil on a regular flight in an organized manner.

Representatives of a number of other sports have no problems either. According to sport-express.ru, in full, in accordance with the number of licenses won, Olympians from Russia will perform in the following disciplines: artistic and rhythmic gymnastics, trampolining, fencing, shooting, triathlon, Beach volleyball, judo, equestrianism, tennis and taekwondo.

Archers and badminton players do not expect any difficulties. Representatives of these sports will either fly to Rio de Janeiro later or are already in South America. In total, all these sports provide at least 153 participants.

Minimal losses

The squad of Russian wrestlers has lost one athlete - two-time world champion in freestyle wrestling Viktor Lebedev will miss the Olympics due to disqualification from 2006. However, 16 other wrestlers are scheduled to take to the mat in Rio. One Russian participant will be missing from modern pentathlon and sailing. The pentathletes have suspended Maxim Kustov, and three of his teammates are flying to Brazil.

The situation is similar for yachtsmen. As the press service of the All-Russian Sailing Federation stated, Pavel Sozykin was not allowed to compete, so at least six Russian yachtsmen will compete for medals at the Olympics. It is possible that Sozykin will be replaced, since he is part of a two-man crew.

In aquatic sports, the only losses were among swimmers - seven people were disqualified, thirty will start. Synchronized swimmers, water polo players (the men's team did not qualify for the Olympics) and divers have no problems with admission - a total of 60 representatives will go to Rio aquatic species sports from Russia.

Units will notice the loss of fighters

Among the rowers, the losses are more than impressive. Of the 28 Russians who qualified for the Games in rowing, the International Rowing Federation allowed only one crew to compete - a four without a coxswain. For kayaking and canoeing, the number of Olympic licenses won was initially smaller - 14. Five kayakers and canoeists, by decision of the International Canoe Federation, were suspended from competing at the Olympics, while the number of participants will be reduced not by 5, but by 4 athletes (one was replaced).

Context

A considerable part of the team will also be missing cyclists. It was assumed that 17 athletes would defend the honor of Russia in Rio. Olga Zabelinskaya, Ilnur Zakarin and Sergei Shilov, who previously served disqualifications for doping, will definitely not go to the Olympics. Two more athletes - Kirill Sveshnikov and Dmitry Sokolov - were suspended due to mention in the report of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

There is another name in this document, but it has not yet been announced. Russian cyclist coach Alexander Kuznetsov, in a letter to IOC head Thomas Bach, called for the decision on Sveshnikov and Sokolov to be reversed, but for now we should expect 11 Russian cyclists to take to the track and road in Brazil.

If all the above figures change (some Russian athletes appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS), then most likely it will be insignificant. Over 260 Russian participants at the Rio Olympics is a very good result, considering that less than a week ago the entire Russian team was threatened with exclusion from the main competitions of the four years.

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Swimmer Vladimir Morozov

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Cyclist Olga Zabelinskaya

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Rower Ivan Podshivalov

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Pentathlete Maxim Kustov

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The Russian team finished its performance at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in fourth place in the unofficial team competition, having won 56 medals.

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The Russian team finished its performance at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro in fourth place in the unofficial team competition, having won 56 medals - 19 gold, 18 silver and 19 bronze. This is the worst result in the 20 years that Russia has been competing at summer games a separate team, however, it must be taken into account that almost all Russian track and field athletes, the entire weightlifting team and most of the rowing team were suspended from the competition. Russia achieved victories in those types that were not affected doping scandals, and domestic athletes had no problems with admission to the Olympics.

Having peaked in Sydney 2000, the number of gold medals won by Russian athletes at the Summer Olympics has steadily declined since then. 16 years ago, Russian athletes won 32 gold medals, taking second place in the unofficial team event, as they did four years earlier in Atlanta. In Sydney, the Russian team competed even with the leaders of world sports in recent decades, the Americans, falling behind by only five highest-quality awards.

Already in 2004 in Athens, the Russian team dropped to third place in the overall standings (28 gold medals), finally losing out to the Chinese athletes, who were increasing their strength for the next, home Olympics. In Beijing and London, Russian athletes won 22 gold medals each, but due to investigations into doping cases and re-checks of samples taken at the Games in 2008 and 2012, this number may decrease.

Four years ago, the Russian team also missed out on the hosts of the Games, the British, in the overall team competition, although it remained third in the total number of awards. In Rio de Janeiro Russian team in the fight for fourth place, she was ahead of the German team, noticeably surpassing it in the total number of medals. In addition, the Russians' performance in Rio de Janeiro became more diverse: they won medals in 15 sports.

The result was affected by suspensions

Worst in 20 years of participation Russian athletes In the Olympic Games, performance in Rio de Janeiro, of course, was largely due to the exclusion from the Games of almost all members of the country's athletics and rowing teams, as well as the weightlifters - in full. In athletics at the 2012 Olympics, Russian athletes won six gold medals, although it was unlikely that they would repeat this result even if they competed in full, given that many team leaders and almost all walkers were disqualified.

In weightlifting and rowing in London, Russian athletes did not win gold medals at all; there was no particular reason to expect them to big victories and in Rio de Janeiro. The only person who could count on success in Brazil was Tatyana Kashirina, a four-time world weightlifting champion in the over 75 kg category. At the 2015 World Championships in Houston, America, she won with overall result 333 kg, while at the 2016 Games, Chinese vice world champion Meng Suping needed 307 kg to win.

In any case, possible gold medals for representatives athletics and there would not have been enough weightlifters for the third overall team place, given that after the home Olympics the British did not slow down and again showed an excellent result. It is possible that even if Elena Isinbaeva and other strongest athletes in the country had competed in Rio de Janeiro, the Russian team would have shown its worst result in the history of the Olympic movement in any case.

The performance of the Russian team was also affected by the general psychological background, when many team leaders, including the main hope in swimming, Yulia Efimova, were allowed to participate in the Games at the very last moment - thanks to decisions of the Court of Arbitration for Sport. Any accountant can calculate lost profits in business, but in sports it is impossible to assess moral damage in lost gold medals; the Olympic Games do not tolerate the subjunctive mood.

Breakthrough in fencing

At the Games in Rio de Janeiro, only in fencing, the Russian team exceeded the expectations of fans, winning seven medals, four of them gold. This happened largely also because fencing is a doping-free sport, and all the troubles last months The Russian national team was not affected. Speeches about non-participation Russian fencers there was no time before the Games, and besides, the International Fencing Federation is headed by Alisher Usmanov, on its part there could be no complaints against athletes from Russia.

The Russian team performed better only in wrestling, winning four gold medals and nine in total. However, it is obvious that Russian wrestlers could have performed better, given several disappointing defeats, in particular to Natalia Vorobyova and Bilyal Makhov.

The Russian team won two gold medals out of two possible in synchronized swimming and rhythmic gymnastics, but in these events they are already accustomed to the dominance of Russians, and any other result would be considered a disaster. The victories of judokas Beslan Mudranov and Khasan Khalmurzaev became the main events of the first days of the Olympics, but the Russian judo team performed generally worse than in London, where there were three gold medals and a total of five. In 2012, judokas made a real breakthrough, and it is hardly possible to improve such results. Returned gold olympic medals in Russian pentathlon Alexander Lesun.

Once again, Russian shooters were left without awards of the highest standard, although the London failure was not repeated - two silver and two bronze medals were won. Artistic gymnasts were left with the same gold medal - and again Olympic champion became Aliya Mustafina. Not in the best possible way Boxers also performed, with one Golden medal, which was won by Evgeniy Tishchenko. In total, the boxers won five awards; even the harsh speech in the press by Alexander Lebzyak, who thus tried to shake up the team, did not affect the overall picture.

Most sports again did not turn out to be “golden” for the Russian team. However, some performances of young athletes, even if not victorious, gave hope. Excellent sprinters have appeared in Russia in the cycling track - Anastasia Voinova and Daria Shmeleva became second in the team sprint, and 19-year-old Stefania Elfutina, who won bronze in the surfing - sailing class, was also pleased. Promising swimmers also appeared in the country - Olympic bronze medalists Evgeny Rylov (back) and Anton Chupkov (breaststroke). The silver of archers in team championship, as well as the medals of very young shooters - Vitalina Batsarashkina and Vladimir Maslennikov.

water failure

In swimming and especially diving at the current Olympics, the Russian team again performed frankly poorly. Yes, Yulia Efimova in a different situation might have won not two silvers, but two golds, but in any case, the last victory of Russian swimmers in the pool dates back to 1996, when Alexander Popov and Denis Pankratov won two gold medals each. For 20 years, Russia has ceased to be considered a swimming power. How brilliant swimmers can win the Olympics was demonstrated in Rio de Janeiro by the Americans, who won 16 gold medals in the pool - almost the same number for the entire Russian team.

The divers were left without any awards at all, although four years ago in London Ilya Zakharov and Evgeny Kuznetsov gave a real fight to the Chinese, and Zakharov even won gold on the three-meter springboard.

The record low number of Russian participants in the Rio de Janeiro Games is due not only to the suspension of track and field athletes and representatives of other sports. Only four teams competed in team sports at the Olympics - the men's and women's volleyball teams, as well as handball and water polo players. However, the women's handball and water polo teams performed above all praise. For the first time in 16 years, water polo players won Olympic medals, albeit bronze ones, while handball players, under the leadership

Illustration copyright Reuters Image caption Russian athletes continue to arrive in Rio de Janeiro

Russian athletes are arriving in Rio, but how many of them will be allowed to participate in the Olympic Games?

The Russian national team could have a full complement of 387 people, but some time ago the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) disqualified the entire Russian athletics team for doping violations.

In addition, out of 28 Olympic events Sports, Russian athletes will not participate in competitions in football, basketball, field hockey and rugby sevens.

“We have received documents for the admission of about 270 athletes, now we need to make the final calculations,” he said.

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The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), after an investigation into the use of doping in Russian sports, called on the IOC Executive Committee to introduce a complete ban on the participation of the Russian team in the Olympic Games in Rio.

The International Olympic Committee decided not to suspend all Russian athletes from participating in the Olympic Games, adopting a compromise decision on July 24: Russians who previously had problems with doping will, in any case, not be allowed to participate in the Olympics. At the same time, the right to determine who will be able to compete in Rio was given to sports federations.

Last Saturday it was announced that the final decision on which Russian athletes will be allowed to compete will be made by a special commission.

According to the press secretary of the International Olympic Committee, Mark Adams, the “troika” included the president of the International Archery Federation Ugur Erdener, the representative of the athletic commission Claudia Bokel and Juan Antonio Samaranch Jr., the son of the ex-president of the IOC.

The troika must render its verdict on each of the candidates by August 5. A day before the opening of the Games, the final composition of the Russian team remains unclear.

Water sports (swimming, diving and water polo)

Claimed forfateIin the Olympics: 67

Solution: Some athletes have already been disqualified, the rest are awaiting a decision.

On Monday, the International Aquatics Federation suspended 7 Russian swimmers from participating in the Games.

Later, swimmers Vladimir Morozov and Nikita Lobintsev were still allowed to compete in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, despite the fact that they were mentioned in the WADA report on doping fraud in Russian sports.

Archery

Solution:

According to representatives of the International Archery Federation, Russian athletes have passed many tests and have never been convicted of doping.

Athletics

Taking part in the Olympics: 0

Solution: The entire Russian team was suspended - 68 people.

The IAAF allowed only the Russian long jumper Daria Klishina to participate in the competition - she will participate in the Olympics as an independent athlete under the IOC flag.

800m runner Yulia Stepanova, whose testimony helped WADA uncover doping fraud in the Russian team, was not allowed to compete because she had previously served a doping ban.

Badminton

Taking part in the Olympics: 4

Solution: the entire team is allowed to compete.

The Badminton World Federation included all four Russian athletes in the competition lists with the caveat that the final decision will be made by the IOC.

Boxing

Taking part in the Olympics: 11

Solution: suspicions have been removed from all boxers.

International Association amateur boxing reconsidered the decision on each of Russian boxers and cleared them of doping suspicions on August 4.

Kayaking and canoeing

Taking part in the Olympics: 18

Solution: the majority of Russians are allowed to compete.

The International Federation of Kayaking and Canoeing has decided that 18 Russian athletes can participate in the Olympics.

Five more Russians were disqualified because their names were mentioned in the McLaren Commission report. They will be further investigated.

Cycling

Taking part in the Olympics: 11

Solution: Some members of the Russian team were admitted.

The International Cycling Union allowed 11 out of 17 Russian athletes to participate in the Games.

Three were withdrawn from the Russian NOC competitions, three more were mentioned in McLaren's report.

Horseback riding

Taking part in the Olympics: 5

Solution:

As the International Equestrian Federation stated, "there is no evidence of organized doping abuse among members of the Russian equestrian delegation."

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Fencing

Taking part in the Olympics: 16

Solution: all Russians are allowed to compete.

The International Fencing Federation cleared all 16 Russians of suspicion after it rechecked the results of 197 tests taken by Russian athletes in 35 countries, including Russia, between 2014 and 2016.

Golf

Taking part in the Olympics: 1

Solution: allow the only Russian golfer to participate in the Games.

Gymnastics

Claimed forfateIin the Olympics: 21

Solution: not yet issued.

The International Gymnastics Federation previously stated that it objects to the complete exclusion of the Russian team from participation in the Olympics.

Handball

Taking part in the Olympics: 14

Solution: Russian athletes are allowed to compete.

The International Handball Federation, after the decision made by the IOC, immediately retested all Russian athletes, and all the results were negative.

Judo

Taking part in the Olympics: 11

Solution: all Russians are allowed to compete.

The International Judo Federation, whose honorary president is Russian leader Vladimir Putin, has cleared all Russian judokas of suspicion.

As stated by Federation President Marius Wieser, the Russians were tested from September last year to May this year “on many international competitions in judo outside Russia".

Modern pentathlon

Taking part in the Olympics: 3

Solution: Most of the Russian team was admitted.

One of the four team members, as well as a reserve competitor, were suspended from the Games by the International Federation of Modern Pentathlon following the publication of the McLaren report.

The remaining three were cleared of doping charges.

Rowing

Taking part in the Olympics: 6

Solution: Russians can participate in the Games.

Initially, the Russian rowing team consisted of 28 people, but then 22 people were disqualified.

As the International Rowing Federation stated, the athletes were excluded from participation in the Olympics not for doping, but for “failure to meet the federation’s criteria”, since they were not tested in laboratories outside of Russia.

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Sailing

Taking part in the Olympics: 7

Solution:

One of the Russian yachtsmen, Pavel Sozykin, was previously suspended from participation by the International Sailing Federation, but then suspicions of doping against him were cleared.

Shooting

Taking part in the Olympics: 18

Solution: The Russian team is allowed to compete.

In a statement by the International Federation sport shooting it is said that all Russian shooters can participate in the Games because they were not mentioned in the McLaren report and have never “failed” doping tests.

Table tennis

Taking part in the Olympics: 3

Solution:

The International Table Tennis Federation conducted its own investigation. Individual doping tests for everyone Russian player, made outside of Russia, gave negative results.

Taekwondo

Taking part in the Olympics: 3

Solution: all Russians are allowed to participate in the Games.

Tennis

Taking part in the Olympics: 8

Solution: all Russian athletes can participate in the Games.

As stated by the International Tennis Federation, all registered Russians have been doping tested 205 times since 2014 - these results are enough to allow them to compete.

Triathlon

Taking part in the Olympics: 6

Solution: all Russians are allowed to compete.

Volleyball (including beach)

Taking part in the Olympics: 30

Solution: all Russians are allowed to compete.

The International Volleyball Federation said in a statement that it had "conducted a comprehensive review of the athletes' eligibility for the Olympic requirements," leaving the final decision on their participation to the discretion of the Court of Arbitration for Sport and the International Olympic Committee.

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Weightlifting

Taking part in the Olympics: 0

Solution: all eight Russian weightlifters were disqualified

Struggle

Taking part in the Olympics: 16

Solution: one member of the Russian team was suspended.

United World Wrestling appointed a special commission to review the cases of Russian athletes mentioned in the McLaren report who were entered into the Olympics.

As a result, Viktor Lebedev, who failed a doping test in 2006 and was disqualified, was removed from participation in the Games.

Of the 387 Russian athletes declared to participate in the 2016 Summer Olympics, no more than 200 will be able to compete in Rio de Janeiro. In addition to the 68 suspended Russian athletes, dozens of representatives of other disciplines will not compete in Brazil. British media believe that Russia's representation will be reduced to 40 people.

Deny admission

The decision to admit the Russian team to the Olympics caused a storm of emotions in the Western press. The American USA Today called the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) “a stunning lack of consequences for the largest state-sponsored doping program seen in sports since the GDR,” the British Daily Mail declared Sunday “the day the Olympic Games were destroyed,” and The The Telegraph considered that “the white flag of surrender is flying over the IOC.”

The latest publication went even further: according to its journalists, the IOC will use the services of independent experts to “weed out” Russian athletes who were subject to insufficiently strict anti-doping testing before the Rio Olympics. After this procedure, the composition of the Russian national team may be reduced to 40 people.

It is reported that with such actions the IOC will try to soften the critical attitude that appeared after the verdict regarding the domestic Olympic team. This means that almost 90 percent of Russian athletes declared to participate in the Games may ultimately not make it to the competition.

But so far the article in The Telegraph looks like nothing more than a horror story. According to Lenta.ru, the composition of the Olympic team may be reduced by half. The official list of Russian participants in the Games in Brazil will be announced on July 28. However, here everything depends on the opinion of the notorious “independent experts”, who, apparently, will be tasked with weeding out the maximum possible number of athletes.

“The lists are being reconciled, each of our sports federations is interacting with the relevant international federation. There are some athletes who do not meet the IOC criteria. Based on the results of this work, conclusions will be drawn regarding the composition. The same newspaper has already made a forecast that our entire team will be banned,” Interfax quotes the head of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), Alexander Zhukov.

Last week, the ROC approved a list of 387 athletes, including 68 track and field athletes, to participate in the Olympics. The International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) allowed only long jumper Daria Klishina, who has been training in the USA in recent years, to the tournament in Rio. The rest were denied participation.

World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) whistleblower Yulia Stepanova, who was not admitted based on a precedent related to the use of doping, will also not go to the Games. The athlete has already filed an appeal. “The decision is unfair, as it is based on incorrect and false statements,” Stepanova explained and noted that the IOC’s position contradicts previous verdicts of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). It was also noted that Stepanova and her husband Vitaly refused to accept the IOC's invitation to attend the Games as guests.

Open list

So far, the list of suspended Russians not associated with athletics is small. The head of the ROC, Alexander Zhukov, told TASS that the Russian team’s application for the Olympic Games included 13 athletes with a doping past, but did not name names: “I talked with almost all the presidents of the federations on summer species sports They are now actively working and checking the lists for athletes who have doping histories. According to my data, today there are 13 athletes.”

The International Swimming Federation (FINA) reported that seven people were deprived of the right to compete at the Olympics - Yulia Efimova, Anastasia Krapivina, Natalya Lovtsova, Mikhail Dovgalyuk, Vladimir Morozov, Nikita Lobintsev and Daria Ustinova. Most of them had serious chances for medals.

A representative of Efimova, who was previously admitted to the Games and then suspended again, has already announced the athlete’s intention to go to court. “We are now preparing Efimova’s lawsuit. Most likely, it will be submitted to CAS on July 29,” TASS quotes the swimmer’s lawyer Artem Patsev.

“Out of the seven people not allowed to the Olympics, three are surprising because they have absolutely no doping history,” Denis Pankratov, vice-president of the WFTU, said on the Russia-24 TV channel. - FINA refers to the WADA report, although just a month ago Rodchenkov (WADA informant - approx. "Tapes.ru") said that the swimming federation was not involved in this whole story. Now this is the main issue for the All-Russian Swimming Federation (RSF).

The decision also caused outrage in FINA. The head of the swimming federation, Julio Maglione, accused the WADA commission led by Richard McLaren of exceeding its powers: “With their recommendations, the members of the commission seriously exceeded their powers. Sooner or later, WADA will have to clarify everything - the functions of this organization include controlling doping and approving standards, and not discussing the situation in a particular country, this should be done by the IOC.”

It also became known that two Russian canoeists, Andrei Kreitor and Alexey Korovashkov, and three kayakers, Alexander Dyachenko, Elena Anyushina and Natalya Podolskaya, were suspended from the Games. “The International Canoe Federation (ICF) has taken swift action to suspend five Russian athletes from the Olympic Games after receiving additional information about the names mentioned in the McLaren report. Athletes named in the report will no longer be eligible to compete in the Olympics, but the ICF will not impose a broad ban on all Russian Federation", the ICF said in a statement.

The International Volleyball Federation (FIVB) announced the non-admission of Russian volleyball player Alexander Markin - the athlete had previously been temporarily suspended from competitions on suspicion of using meldonium. "I'm already home. In the morning the coach said that the FIVB did not allow me to participate in the Olympic Games. As for the national team, of course it will play,” TASS quotes Markin. The volleyball player emphasized that he would not protest the suspension.

In the coming hours, the list of suspended Russians will expand. The hunt continues.