2016 Rio Olympic Games in Brazil - Russia's 16-strong fencing team cleared to take part in Rio Olympic Games Wednesday July 27,2016

Russia's Olympic team continued to take shape on Wednesday July 27,2016 as fencing became the latest sport to declare the country's athletes eligible for Rio.

Fencing's world governing body the FIE said it had 're-examined the results' of the drug tests taken by the 16-strong Russian team over the last two years and all were negative.

Russia won two silvers and a bronze in the fencing competition at London 2012.

Fencing joins archery, badminton, equestrian, judo, shooting and tennis in clearing all of Russia's proposed athletes for the Rio Olympics, which starts on August 5,2016

Each international federation responsible for a sport in the summer Games was asked by the International Olympic Committee on Sunday to individually vet the anti-doping records of its Russian athletes before clearing them to compete.