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Russian athletes arrive in Rio, but how many of them will be allowed to compete in the Olympics?

The Russian national team could have consisted of 387 people, but some time ago International Association athletics federations (IAAF) disqualified the entire Russian national team in athletics for doping violations.

In addition, out of 28 Olympic sports, Russian athletes will not compete 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 last 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 impose 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, having adopted 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 can still compete in Rio was granted to sports federations.

Last Saturday, it was announced that the final decision on which of the 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 deliver its verdict on each of the candidates by August 5. The 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.

Monday International Federation aquatic species sports suspended 7 Russian swimmers from participation in the Games.

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

What will be the legacy of the Rio Games?

Archery

Solution:

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

Athletics

Participate in the Olympics: 0

Solution: suspended the entire Russian team - 68 people.

Only the Russian long jumper Daria Klishina was allowed to participate in the IAAF competitions - she will participate in the Olympics as an independent athlete under the flag of the IOC.

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

Badminton

Participate in the Olympics: 4

Solution: the whole team is allowed to compete.

The World Badminton Federation has included all four Russian athletes in the lists of competitions with the proviso that the final decision will be made by the IOC.

Boxing

Participate in the Olympics: 11

Solution: suspicions are removed from all boxers.

The International Amateur Boxing Association reviewed the decision on each of the Russian boxers and removed suspicions of doping from them on August 4.

Image copyright EPA Image caption Before leaving for Rio, members of the Russian team walked along Red Square and laid flowers at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

Rowing and canoeing

Participate in the Olympics: 18

Solution: most Russians are allowed to compete.

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

Another five Russians were disqualified because their names were mentioned in the report of the McLaren Commission. They will be further investigated.

Cycling

Participate in the Olympics: 11

Solution: some members of the Russian team are admitted.

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

Three were withdrawn from the competition by the Russian NOC, three more were mentioned in the McLaren report.

Horseback riding

Participate in the Olympics: 5

Solution:

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

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Fencing

Participate in the Olympics: 16

Solution: all Russians are allowed to compete.

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

Golf

Participate in the Olympics: 1

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

Gymnastics

Claimed forfateIin the Olympics: 21

Solution: not taken out yet.

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

Handball

Participate in the Olympics: 14

Solution: Russian athletes are allowed to compete.

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

Judo

Participate in the Olympics: 11

Solution: all Russians are allowed to compete.

The International Judo Federation, whose honorary president is Russian leader Vladimir Putin, has removed suspicions from all Russian judokas.

According to the president of the federation, Marius Vizer, the Russians were tested from September last year to May this year "at many international judo competitions outside of Russia."

Modern pentathlon

Participate in the Olympics: 3

Solution: most of the Russian team was admitted.

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

The remaining three were cleared of suspicion of doping.

Rowing

Participate 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.

According to the International Rowing Federation, athletes were excluded from participation in the Olympics not for doping, but for "non-compliance with the criteria" of the federation, since they did not pass tests in laboratories outside of Russia.

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Sailing

Participate in the Olympics: 7

Solution:

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

Shooting

Participate in the Olympics: 18

Solution: the Russian team is allowed to compete.

In a statement from the International Federation sports shooting it is said that all Russian shooters can participate in the Games, since they were not mentioned in the McLaren report and never "failed" doping tests.

Table tennis

Participate in the Olympics: 3

Solution:

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

taekwondo

Participate in the Olympics: 3

Solution: all Russians are admitted to the Games.

Tennis

Participate in the Olympics: 8

Solution: all Russian athletes can participate in the Games.

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

Triathlon

Participate in the Olympics: 6

Solution: all Russians are allowed to compete.

Volleyball (including beach)

Participate in the Olympics: 30

Solution: all Russians are allowed to compete.

According to a statement from the International Volleyball Federation, it has "carried out a comprehensive review of the athletes' eligibility for 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

Participate in the Olympics: 0

Solution: all eight Russian weightlifters were disqualified

Struggle

Participate in the Olympics: 16

Solution: removed one member of the Russian team.

The United World of Wrestling has appointed a special commission to review the cases of the Russian athletes mentioned in the McLaren report who were nominated for the Olympics.

As a result, Viktor Lebedev was suspended from participation in the Games, who in 2006 did not pass a doping test and was disqualified.

At the 2016 Olympics, the Russian team performed better than the most optimistic forecasts, winning 19 gold medals and finishing fourth in the unofficial team standings.

Oleg SHAMONAYEV

Our athletes could watch the past Games on TV - this is what many people in the West wanted. But we were in Rio, and not just served the number, but made a significant contribution to the history of the Olympics. Our fourth team place is a repeat of London 2012. True, four years ago we fought with the British for the third position medal count, and now - with the Germans for the fourth. And 19 gold medals (and 56 in total) is our worst result since 1952, and it’s not a fact that we would have avoided the anti-record if there were disqualified athletes and weightlifters in Rio. And yet, the outcome of the 2016 Games must be recognized as mega-successful.

WITHOUT LUCK AND WITHOUT FAIL

The point here is not only the hassle with the admission of all Russians, which we experienced before the Olympics. Even before the anti-doping hysteria around our team reached its peak, the pessimist party in the editorial office of SE predicted 11 gold medals for the Russian team in Rio, and the optimist party - 17. As a result, even the optimistic forecast was exceeded. True, in terms of the total number of awards (57 in the forecast against 56 in reality), the optimists almost hit the mark. But the fact that in the end gold, silver and bronze are distributed in almost equal shares is also a good sign. This means that our performance as a whole turned out to be even - without crazy luck, but also without total failures.

If we subtract the five gold medals won by the Russians at the world championships in athletics and weightlifting in 2015, then we get 20 titles of Russians at the end of last year's main tournaments. Actually, we showed approximately the same result in Rio - that is, we performed at our level. Another question is that this level is now such that we can no longer definitely classify ourselves as sports superpowers. Even if all issues with doping suspensions are resolved, we are unlikely to be able to claim a return to the top three of the medal standings in the foreseeable future.

Yes, athletes from Great Britain were incredibly lucky in Rio, and the island team for the first time since 1912 became the second. But it is clear that this is not an accidental success. In addition to their favorite cycling track and rowing, the British earned gold in 14 more sports at the 2016 Games, and this is already the level of giants. For comparison, we had 11 gold-bearing species in Rio. As a result, it turns out that we can no longer compete with American sports for financial reasons, with Chinese sports in terms of human resources, and with British sports in organizational terms.

CHINESE FAILURE AND AMERICAN RECORD

Our destiny at the Summer Olympics in the foreseeable future is the battle for 4th - 6th positions with Germany, France, Italy and Japan. Now in the battle with equals, we have become the first, but whether we will hold on to these positions further is not a fact. On the other hand, maybe it's for the best. times of the great Soviet sports a long time ago - our application already consists almost entirely of athletes who were born in new Russia. It's time to live for today and soberly assess your capabilities, as well as work for the future. After all, the race for a momentary result will sooner or later lead to the fact that our main rivals will not be strong middle peasants, but, for example, Thailand and Ethiopia.

A separate commentary is required by the performance of the Chinese team in Rio, which not only failed to take third place for the first time since 2000, but also lacked 30 (!) awards compared to the home Games held in Beijing just eight years ago. It is believed that the reason for these failures was the Chinese fear of the anti-doping turbulence in which world sport is now. Another reason is probably the inertia of the Chinese sports car. In this country, as in ours, they react sluggishly to changes in the Olympic program, and it is more and more honed to suit American interests.

At the current games, the US team showed the best medal result since 1984, despite the fact that the size of the American delegation this time was far from a record one. You can imagine what space the United States will fly into in the team standings in Tokyo 2020, when surfing, baseball and skateboarding join the Olympic family. However, it is foolish for us to calculate such prospects now. Before thinking about the medal count for the next Summer Olympics, we urgently need to resolve our pressing issues with WADA and the IOC. Otherwise, the next Games for the Russian team may simply not be.

OPTIMISTIC FORECAST

	Forecast "SE"				discrepancy
				Total				Total
Rowing
Kayaking
Canoeing
Rowing slalom
Boxing
Women's wrestling
Freestyle wrestling
Greco-Roman wrestling
Judo
taekwondo
Fencing
Cycling-BMX
Cycling mountain bike
Cycle track
Bikeway
Water polo
Horseback Riding
Triathlon
Pentathlon modern
Volleyball
Beach volleyball
Handball
Athletics
Swimming
Swimming in open water
Synchronized swimming
Diving
Sailing
Bullet shooting
Target shooting
Archery
Sports gymnastics
Rhythmic gymnastics
Trampolining
Tennis
table tennis
Badminton
Golf
TOTAL

PESSIMISTIC FORECAST

	Forecast "SE"				discrepancy
				Total				Total
Rowing
Kayaking
Canoeing
Rowing slalom
Boxing
Women's wrestling
Freestyle wrestling
Greco-Roman wrestling
Judo
taekwondo
Fencing
Cycling-BMX
Cycling mountain bike
Cycle track
Bikeway
Water polo
Horseback Riding
Triathlon
Pentathlon modern
Volleyball
Beach volleyball
Handball
Athletics
Swimming
Swimming in open water
Synchronized swimming
Diving
Sailing
Bullet shooting
Target shooting
Archery
Sports gymnastics
Rhythmic gymnastics
Trampolining
Tennis
table tennis
Badminton
Golf
TOTAL

Teams of the USSR/CIS/Russia at the Olympic Games

Year	City	Gold	Silver	Bronze	Total
1952	Helsinki
1956	Melbourne
1960	Rome
1964	Tokyo
1968	mexico city
1972	Munich
1976	Montreal
1980	Moscow
1988	Seoul
1992	Barcelona
1996	Atlanta
2000	Sydney
2004	Athens
2008	Beijing
2012	London
2016	Rio de Janeiro

Number of athletes per team medal

Team	Athletes	Medals	Average
1. Azerbaijan			3,11
2. USA			4,69
3. Ethiopia			4,75
4. North Korea			5,00
5. RUSSIA			5,11
			5,18
7. Uzbekistan			5,38
8. UK			5,58
9. Georgia			5,71
10. China			5,79

The number of athletes per gold medal national team

Team	Athletes	Gold	Average
1. Tajikistan			7,00
2. Jordan			8,00
Kosovo			8,00
			9,50
5. Ivory Coast			12,00
6. USA			12,33
7. Kenya			13,33
8. UK			13,85
9. RUSSIA			15,05
10. China			15,58

country's population per Olympic medal(more than two gold medals)

A country	Population	Medals	Average
	2 723 246		247 567, 82
2. New Zealand	4 408 160		261 564, 44
3. Croatia	4 190 669		419 066,90
4. Hungary	9 823 000		654 867,00
5. Holland	17 027 720		896 196,00
6. UK	65 110 000		971 791,00
7. Cuba	11 239 004		1 021 727,64
8. Kazakhstan	17 753 200		1 044 305,88
9. Switzerland	8 341 600		1 191 657,14
10. France	64 615 000		1 538 452,00
17. RUSSIA	146 400 000		2 618 571,00
18. USA	324 295 000		2 680 129,97
26. China	1 378 300 000		19 690 428,57

Square kilometers of country territory per Olympic medal (more than two gold medals)

A country	Area, km	Medals	Average
	10 991
2. Holland	41 850		2202,6
3. UK	242 495		3619
4. Korea	100 210		4772
5. Croatia	56 594		5659
6. Switzerland	41 284		6202
7. Hungary	93 028		8503
8. Germany	357 114		8503
9. Japan	377 930		9218
10. Cuba	109 884		9989
19. USA	9 525 067		78 720
20. China	9 572 900		136 756
24. RUSSIA	17 125 191		305 807

Country's GDP per Olympic medal (more than two gold medals)

A country	GDP*	Medals	Average
	14 057 000		1 277 909
2. Uzbekistan	61 649 000		4 742 231
3. Kenya	64 688 000		4 976 000
4. Croatia	49 928 000		4 992 800
5. Kazakhstan	116 151 000		6 832 412
6. Hungary	117 729 000		7 848 600
7. New Zealand	169 922 000		9 440 111
8. RUSSIA	1 132 740 000		20 227 500
9. Colombia	253 240 000		31 655 000
10. Greece	194 594 000		32 432 333
26. USA	18 558 130 000		153 372 975
27. China	11383030000		162 614 714

* In US dollars.

Of the 387 Russian athletes declared for participation in the 2016 Summer Olympics, no more than 200 will be able to compete in Rio de Janeiro. In addition to 68 suspended domestic 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 permission

The decision to admit the Russian team to the Olympics caused a storm of emotions in the Western press. American USA Today called the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) "a stunning lack of consequences for the largest state-sponsored doping program, which has not been in the sport since the GDR", the British Daily Mail proclaimed Sunday "the day the Olympic Games were destroyed" and The Telegraph felt that "a white flag of surrender is flying over the IOC".

The latest edition went even further: according to its journalists, the IOC will use the services of independent experts to “weed out” Russian athletes who have undergone insufficiently rigorous anti-doping checks before the Rio Olympics. After the aforementioned procedure, the composition of the Russian national team can be reduced to 40 people.

It is reported that with such actions, the IOC will try to mitigate the critical attitude that appeared after the verdict against domestic Olympic team. This means that almost 90 percent of Russian athletes entered for the Games may end up not making it to the competition.

But so far, the note in The Telegraph looks like nothing more than a horror story. According to Lenta.ru, the composition of the Olympic team could be halved. 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 interacts with the relevant international federation. There are individual athletes who do not meet the criteria of the IOC. Based on the results of this work, conclusions will be drawn about the composition. The same newspaper has already made a prediction once that our entire team will be banned, ”Interfax quotes Alexander Zhukov, head of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC).

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

The informant of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Yulia Stepanova, who was not allowed on the basis of a precedent related to the use of doping, will 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 position of the IOC contradicts the previous verdicts of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). It was also noted that Stepanova and her husband Vitaly refused to accept an invitation from the IOC to visit 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 there were 13 athletes with a doping past in the application of the Russian national team for the Olympic Games, but did not name names: “I spoke with almost all the presidents of summer sports federations. They are now actively working and verifying the lists for the presence of athletes who had doping histories. According to my data, today it is 13 athletes.”

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

The representative of Efimova, previously admitted to the Games, and then again suspended, has already announced the intention of the athlete to go to court. “Now we are preparing a lawsuit by Efimova. Most likely, it will be filed with the CAS on July 29, ”TASS quotes the swimmer’s lawyer Artem Patsev.

“Out of the seven people not admitted to the Olympics, three are surprising, who have absolutely no doping history,” Denis Pankratov, vice-president of the WFTU, said on the air of the Rossiya-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 (VFTU).

The decision sparked outrage at FINA as well. The head of the swimming federation, Julio Maglione, accused the WADA commission led by Richard McLaren of exceeding his authority: “The members of the commission seriously exceeded their authority with their recommendations. Sooner or later, WADA will have to clarify everything - the functions of this organization include doping control and the approval of standards, and not reasoning about the situation in a particular country, this should be done by the IOC.

It also became known about the removal from the Games of two Russian canoeists - Andrei Kreitor and Alexei Korovashkov, and three kayakers - Alexander Dyachenko, Elena Anyushina and Natalia Podolskaya. “The International Canoe Federation (ICF) has taken swift action to ban five Russian athletes from the Olympics after receiving more information about the names mentioned in the McLaren report. The 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 - earlier the athlete was temporarily suspended from the competition 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, it will, of course, play, ”TASS quotes Markin. The volleyball player stressed that he would not protest the suspension.

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

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 can still undergo changes. On August 4, the Court of Arbitration for Sport in Lausanne (CAS) declared "null and void" the decision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to prevent Olympic Games in Rio, Russian athletes who had previously been convicted of doping, even if their sentence had expired.

The decision to abolish double punishment was taken by the arbitration during the consideration of the cases of Russian rowers Ivan Podshivalov and Anastasia Karabelshchikova. CAS partially granted 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 for Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova. Now the decisions on the non-admission of individual athletes to the Olympics, previously taken by the relevant international federations, can be reviewed.

To date, according to the IOC, 271 athletes from Russia have the right to compete in Rio - with 387 originally declared. Russia's final bid for the Games will have to be approved by a three-member special commission of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), which, in particular, will reconsider cases of athletes eligible to participate in the Games in accordance with the latest CAS decision.

In athletics everything is hard, in weightlifting it is not easier

In total, sets of medals in 33 sports will be played in Brazil. The Russians did not qualify for the Olympics in rugby, field hockey, football and basketball. After the doping scandal with athletes, Russia in the "Queen of Sports" will be represented by only one athlete - long jumper Daria Klishina. Until the last moment, there was uncertainty about the only Russian participant in the golf tournament - Maria Verchenova, however, in response to a request from DW, Verchenova's official representative said that she would start in Brazil.

In weightlifting, the situation is quite sad - the entire Russian team has been suspended, without exception. Of course, Daria Klishina alone will not affect the medal alignment much, but the Russian team still has one chance for an athletics podium. And weightlifters have no chance left.

"The Russians have repeatedly inflicted serious damage on the reputation of weightlifting. Therefore, in order to maintain the status of a 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 have come across doping in recent years. The head of the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), Alexander Zhukov, in an interview with rsport.ru expressed the hope that in Rio, Russia would be able to put up a “small team” in weightlifting, but these dreams also came to naught.

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 men, champions of London 2012), handball players, boxers, synchronized swimmers, as well as a team in table tennis. All these athletes - there are about 70 of them - on Thursday, July 28, flew in an organized manner from Moscow to Brazil on a regular flight.

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

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

Minimum loss

The team 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 must take the mat in Rio. One participant of the Russian Federation will not be counted in modern pentathlon and in sailing. The pentathletes have removed Maxim Kustov, and three of his teammates are flying to Brazil.

The situation is similar for yachtsmen. According to the press service of the All-Russian Sailing Federation, 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 able to be replaced, since he is part of a two-man crew.

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

Squads 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 - four without a coxswain. For kayakers and canoeists, the number of Olympic licenses won was initially smaller - 14. Five kayakers and canoeists were suspended from participating in the Olympics by the decision of the International Canoe Federation, 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 miss the cyclists. It was assumed that the honor of Russia in Rio will be defended by 17 athletes. Absolutely, Olga Zabelinskaya, Ilnur Zakarin and Sergey Shilov, who in the past served a disqualification for doping, will not go to the Olympics. Two more athletes - Kirill Sveshnikov and Dmitry Sokolov - were suspended due to being mentioned in the report of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA).

This document also contains another surname, but it has not yet been announced. Russian cyclist coach Alexander Kuznetsov, in a letter to the head of the IOC, Thomas Bach, called for the decision on Sveshnikov and Sokolov to be canceled, but for now, 11 Russian cyclists should be expected to take to the track and highway in Brazil.

If all of the above figures change (some Russian athletes have applied to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS), then most likely not much. Over 260 Russian participants at the Olympics in Rio is a very good result, given that even less than a week ago the entire Russian team was threatened with suspension from the main starts of the four years.

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  The ranks of the Russian Olympic team have already thinned out. So far, only 70 athletes have flown to Brazil - despite the fact that 387 athletes from the Russian Federation were originally planned to participate in the Games. The final composition of the national team will be known only on July 31. The list of losses, including potential medalists, could grow.



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Swimmer Yulia Efimova

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Russian Olympians: potential medalists who did not make it to Brazil

Swimmer Vladimir Morozov

Vladimir Morozov, 24, a multiple world and European champion and London relay bronze medalist, has also been suspended from the Rio Olympics. However, there is no open information about his violations yet - he has not previously come across doping. Both Morozov, who lives and trains in the US, and Efimova announced their intention to challenge the ban from the Games in the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).



Russian Olympians: potential medalists who did not make it to Brazil

Cyclist Olga Zabelinskaya

Cyclist Olga Zabelinskaya, a two-time bronze medalist at the previous Games, was banned from the current Games due to her use of octopamine in 2014. In February 2016, she entered into an amicable pre-trial agreement with the International Cycling Union, allowing her to start performing and take part in the Olympics. But the report of the WADA commission and the decision of the IOC deprived Zabelinskaya, a contender for the medal, of this chance.



Russian Olympians: potential medalists who did not make it to Brazil

Cyclist Ilnur Zakarin

Ilnur Zakarin, multiple winner and medalist of cycling races in Europe and Russia, winner of the prestigious stages of the Tour de France and the Giro d'Italia, will not compete in Brazil in 2009 due to the use of illegal drugs.



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Rower Ivan Podshivalov

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Russian Olympians: potential medalists who did not make it to Brazil

Weightlifter Tatyana Kashirina

Weightlifter Tatyana Kashirina in Rio would be the favorite in her heavyweight category. 4-time world champion, multiple European champion in London 2012 took silver, setting three world records. Problems with doping that came back to haunt Kashirina 10 years ago, when at that time the 15-year-old athlete was disqualified for 2 years. Whether other weightlifters from the Russian Federation will go to Brazil is still unclear.



Russian Olympians: potential medalists who did not make it to Brazil

Pentathlete Maxim Kustov

Suspended from the Games and pentathlete Maxim Kustov, winner of the world championships in individual and team competitions, in 2014 convicted of using trenbolone, methenolone and oxandrolone. The Moscow anti-doping laboratory, according to the WADA commission, hid this fact. The doping test of Kustov, like that of another Russian pentathlete, Ilya Frolov, who missed the Olympics, was substituted, the commission believes.



Russian Olympians: potential medalists who did not make it to Brazil

Wrestler Viktor Lebedev

Freestyle wrestler Viktor Lebedev, a two-time world champion, is not traveling to Brazil due to a 2006 ban after he was caught using weight loss drugs as an 18-year-old junior. In Rio, Lebedev counted on a medal not without reason.



Russian Olympians: potential medalists who did not make it to Brazil

The most successful and famous Russian tennis player was disqualified at the beginning of 2016 for using meldonium, and Maria Sharapova did not have time to talk about her Olympic plans. However, in 2012 she won Olympic silver and would hardly have settled for less at the Games in Brazil.