Winter Olympics 2018: Court overturns life bans given to Russian athletes
2018-02-02 09:57:00 source：BBC
February 1, 2018
A decision to overturn the Olympic life bans of 28 Russian athletes "may have a serious impact on the future fight against doping", says the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
The Court of Arbitration for Sport (Cas) overturned the IOC suspensions - for doping at the 2014 Winter Olympics - partially upholding 11 other appeals.
Cas said that in 28 cases evidence was "insufficient" to prove doping.
The IOC said it would consider its own appeal to the Swiss Federal Tribunal.
Cas said that for the 11 athletes whose appeals had been partially upheld, evidence "was sufficient to establish an anti-doping rule violation" had taken place.
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