The International Olympic Committee has upheld a partial ban on the Russian Olympic team’s participation in the 2016 Summer Olympics after a widespread state sanctioned doping scandal was confirmed by the World Anti-Doping Agency, but will not stop the entire country from participating. The ban that applies to Russia’s track and field Olympic team has not been lifted.
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