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2016 Rio Olympic Games in Brazil - International Tennis Federation clears Russian tennis team for Rio 2016 Sunday July 24,2016

Russia’s eight-strong tennis team for the Rio Olympics was cleared to play by the International Tennis Federation on Sunday July 24,2016 after the International Olympic Committee opted against a blanket ban for state-backed sports doping.

The ITF said that the players nominated by Russia all met the requirements set down to guarantee their participation at the Games which start on August 5,2016

All eight have “been subject to a rigorous anti-doping testing programme outside Russia”.
This included a total of 205 samples collected since 2014, of which 83 (40%) were collected in-competition and 122 (60%) out-of-competition.

Also 111 (54%) were urine samples and 94 (46%) were blood samples.

“The ITF believes that this is sufficient for the eight Russian tennis players to meet the relevant requirement of today’s decision of the IOC Executive Board,” said an ITF statement.

The Russian team is made up of Andrey Kuznetsov, Evgeny Donskoy and Teymuraz Gabashvili in the men’s singles.

In women’s singles, Svetlana Kuznetsova, Anastasia Pavlyuchenkova, Darya Kasatkina and Ekaterina Makarova will play while Elena Vesnina features in the women’s doubles.

“The ITF will be seeking confirmation from WADA that none of those players, or the Russian Tennis Federation, were implicated in the McLaren report, in accordance with the IOC decision,” added the ITF statement

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