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BREAKING - IOC STATEMENT; IOC decision on Russia's participation in Rio postponed

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Via the Artistic Gymnastics group on vk.com

Statement from the IOC.  VERY IMPORTANT TO READ.  Participation on an individual or country basis has still to be decided based on legal considerations.  Administrative sanctions such as the removal of competitions from Russia are just some of the interim measures.

No indication of when the decision about participation will be taken.

https://www.olympic.org/news/statement-of-the-executive-board-of-the-international-olympic-committee-on-the-wada-independent-person-report

IOC decision on Russia's participation in Rio will not be made until the weekend, says TASS.  http://tass.ru/en/sport/889324

All my thoughts are with our gymnasts.  Stay strong, team.
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  1. Anonymous19 July 2016 at 15:10

    Oh God!( on the weekend russia gymnastic team are traveling to Rio.

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  2. Anonymous19 July 2016 at 15:33

    Never thought that i would say or write it, but rn i hate all about Olympic Games, WADA, IAAF , CAS and so on, bcz they killing the spirit of de Coubertin OG, the spirit of clean and fair Olympics without politics!

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  3. Anonymous19 July 2016 at 16:03

    WOW. Some of the provisional measure seem very damning.

    * The IOC will not organise or give patronage to any sports event or meeting in Russia.
    * The IOC will not grant any accreditation to any official of the Russian Ministry of Sport or any person implicated in the IP Report for the Games of the XXXI Olympiad Rio 2016.
    * The IOC asks all International Olympic Winter Sports Federations to freeze their preparations for major events in Russia, such as World Championships, World Cups or other major international competitions under their responsibility, and to actively look for alternative organisers.

    Todd

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    1. Queen Elizabeth19 July 2016 at 16:23

      Vitaly Mutko won't be travelling to Rio.

      Otherwise, I feel really sorry for the gymnasts. It must be almost impossible to train sensibly without knowing where you will even be in less than a week's time.

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    2. Anonymous19 July 2016 at 17:15

      The chart I saw in the report did not show Gymnastics as one of the sports. SO hopefully that will be a big bonus in the girls favor.

      The biggest sports federation on that chart was Athletics, which has already issued their ruling. Weightlifting was a close 2nd and I know they were waiting for this report to make their ruling. It then dropped off substantially to the 3rd sport on the list, wrestling.

      I think each sports federation should make their own rulings here.

      Todd

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    3. Anonymous19 July 2016 at 21:12

      Vitaly Mutko has been a complete disaster for Russian sports, if he isn't directly involved in this awful doping scandal, most likely he turned a blind eye for it, and now this mess is screwing with the athletes lives and he is just spineless. I heard he met the gymnasts yesterday...at this point I wouldn't even get close to him. Yikes. Russia will take many years to recover from this huge moral damage, and the athletes will suffer most. :(

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    4. Anonymous19 July 2016 at 23:24

      I know! They won't get rid of him because he has heavy ties to FIFA and Russia is hosting the next World Cup in 2018. But it is going to drag every other sport down even further because other organizations have made it more than clear they want him gone before they can start cooperating with Russia.

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  4. Anonymous19 July 2016 at 16:43

    oh boy… if worse comes to worse I hope Aliya Mustafina could compete individually at the Olympics , question is would she want to , and would Russia let her?

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    1. weloveyoualiya19 July 2016 at 19:48

      lol , thanks anonymous for "quoting???" me :P

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  5. Anonymous19 July 2016 at 20:43

    new FIG new about Russian ban from Rio, now from president of the FIG Athletes Commission, Jani Tanskanen http://www.fig-gymnastics.com/site/figNews/view?id=1609

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