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CAS overturns doping bans on 28 Russian athletes

Matthieu Reeb, Secretary General of the Court of Arbitration for Sport [Photo:Courtesy]

Twenty-Eight Russian athletes have had their Olympic doping bans overturned and results from the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi reinstated after their appeals were upheld by sport’s highest tribunal on Thursday.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said there was insufficient evidence of anti-doping violations against the athletes, but the International Olympic Committee (IOC) said they would not necessarily be invited to the Pyeongchang Games this month.

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