Russia’s Olympic membership restored

Thursday, 1 March 2018 07:00

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has restored Russia’s Olympic membership.

The nation had been banned from competing at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, after the revelation of state-sponsored doping at Russia’s home Games at Sochi in 2014.

168 Russian athletes, who could prove they were clean, were allowed to compete at the latest Games under a neutral flag. Of these athletes, two failed drugs test.

The IOC planned to reinstate Russia after the Games - so long as there were no more failed tests - and it now says all remaining samples were negative.

"The suspension of the Russian Olympic Committee is automatically lifted with immediate effect," it added in a statement.

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