Will the Olympics be the same without the Russian?
With only 2 days till the opening ceremony The Court of Arbitration for Sport has been at a temporary base at the Rio Olympics and are still handling 11 appeals - predominantly from Russian athletes banned for doping
The International Weightlifting Federation excluded all eight Russians entered for Rio last week.
Two of the eight-strong weightlifting team had already been banned for prior doping violations, and another four were named in Dr Richard McLaren's report into the issue.
Sorry, couldn't resist this picture I was sent
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