Rio 2016: Russian & Kenyan hopefuls need extra tests, IOC says

 

Competitors from Russia and Kenya must have extra checks before they can take part at Rio 2016, the International Olympic Committee has said.

Sportspeople from countries deemed 'non-compliant' with anti-doping rules will have to be declared eligible by their sport's international federation.


The IOC met in Lausanne on Tuesday and agreed a five-point plan "to ensure a level playing field for athletes at the Olympic Games".

The IOC added the lack of trusted doping controls meant it wanted each sport's governing body to vet their athletes and "take into account other reliable adequate testing systems in addition to national anti-doping testing".

Russian track and field athletes have been banned from competing at Rio because of state-sponsored doping in the country. That ban was upheld by athletics' governing body, the IAAF, on Friday.

But the IOC resolutions clear the way for Russian athletes deemed clean by the IAAF to compete in Rio.

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