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Russia banned from 2018 Winter Olympics over doping

Two-time Olympic gold medalist Yelena Isinbayeva after winning a race in a past event [PHOTO: COURTESY]

Russia was banned Tuesday from the 2018 Winter Games by the International Olympic Committee over its state-orchestrated doping programme, but clean Russian athletes will be allowed to compete under an Olympic flag.

The sanction was the toughest ever levelled by the IOC for drug cheating and came just 65 days ahead of the Games in Pyeongchang, South Korea.

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