Russian Weightlifting Team Banned From Rio Olympics
Russian Weightlifting Team Banned From Rio OlympicsRussia's weightlifting group has been banned from contending at the Rio Olympics in August over doping offenses, the game's overseeing alliance said on Friday.
The International Weightlifting Federation (IWF) said a portion of the Russian contenders had been named in a report authorized by the World Anti-Doping Agency which uncovered proof of state-sponsored bamboozling in Russia.
"The honesty of the weightlifting sport has been genuinely harmed on various times and levels by the Russians," the IWF said in an announcement. "Thusly a suitable assent was connected with a specific end goal to safeguard the status of the game."
Two of the eight-in number Russian group had as of now been banned for doping infringement, and another four were named in the McLaren report into doping.
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