导出博客文章MOSCOW -- Seven Russian swimmers have been barred from the Rio de Janeiro
Olympics, including three linked to recent allegations of a major doping
cover-up by Russian authorities, world swimmings governing body, FINA, said
Monday.Reigning world 100-meter breaststroke champion Yulia Efimova is among
four swimmers withdrawn by the Russian Swimming Federation because they
previously served doping bans, FINA said. The others are Natalya Lovtsova,
Anastasia Krapivina and Mikhail Dovgalyuk.The International Olympic Committee on
Sunday said Russian athletes with previous doping bans would be barred from the
Rio Games. That followed the IOCs decision not to ban the entire Russian team
over allegations of state-sponsored doping.FINA said three more swimmers were
identified by World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren when he
examined evidence that Russian government officials ordered the cover-up of
hundreds of doping tests.They are 2008 Olympic silver and 2012 bronze medalist
Nikita Lobintsev, bronze medalist Vladimir Morozov and world junior
record-holder Daria Ustinova.Russias top Olympic official, Alexander Zhukov,
told Russian agency R-Sport that he now believed a total of 13 Russians would be
ineligible due to previous doping bans. They would be withdrawn from the team,
he added.The 13 are likely to include athletes in swimming, cycling,
weightlifting, wrestling and rowing.On Sunday, the IOCs executive board asked
individual global sports federations to decide on the entry of Russian athletes
and announced new eligibility criteria.The rules prohibit Russia from sending to
the Rio Games any athletes who have previously served doping bans. Sports
federations can also reject Russian entries if they have not undergone enough
international drug testing. Results of Russian tests will not be accepted
following allegations of routine cover-ups at Moscows anti-doping laboratory.It
remains unclear whether there could be legal challenges to the IOC criteria. A
similar IOC measure, known as the Osaka rule, which would have prohibited any
athletes who had received doping bans from competing in the subsequent Olympics,
was declared invalid by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.Zhukov said the IOCs
latest criteria violated the principle of equality because they applied only to
Russia, although he has previously ruled out legal action.However, Russian
Swimming Federation president Vladimir Salnikov told the state Tass agency that
the four swimmers cut from its team have the chance to appeal to CAS. Efimovas
agent, Andrei Mitkov, told Russias Sportbox website that she intended to file an
appeal if she was not allowed to compete.Russias track and field athletes remain
barred from the games by the IAAF, a decision upheld last week by CAS and
accepted by the IOC.With the Aug. 5 opening ceremony approaching, it is up to
the remaining 27 international sports federations to vet Russian athletes on an
individual basis.The archery federation said Monday it had approved the entry of
three Russian archers after determining they have no links to doping.World
Archery said it was satisfied that the three female Russian archers nominated
for the Games had been tested extensively and have never been sanctioned for
doping. They were listed as Tuiana Dashidorzhieva, Ksenia Perova and Inna
Stepanova.Archery was not implicated in the WADA report released last week by
Canadian lawyer McLaren, who accused Russia of covering up doping in 20 Summer
Olympic sports.Russian archers have been targeted for additional testing, both
in and out of competition, since the report was released, the federation said.No
Russian archery athlete has received an adverse analytical finding, it said,
adding that it would submit its findings to the IOC.The International Tennis
Federation said Sunday it expects Russias eight-player Olympic tennis team to be
eligible for the Games. The ITF said the players have been subject to a rigorous
anti-doping testing program outside Russia.The International Equestrian
Federation said there was no indication of doping within Russias five-rider
team.Russian cyclist Ilnur Zakarin, who won a stage during the Tour de France,
which ended Sunday, could be ruled out because he served a two-year ban after
testing positive for a steroid in 2009.The International Judo Federation, whose
honorary president is Russian President Vladimir Putin, said it has already
tested 84 percent of the 389 athletes from 136 countries who are qualified to
compete in Rio. It made no mention of the 11 Russian judo athletes entered.The
International Gymnastics Federation said it has taken note of the IOC ruling and
shall fully adhere to it. It said it would establish a pool of Russian eligible
athletes. Gymnastics was not mentioned in the McLaren report.Boxings governing
body AIBA said it was examining Russias entrants. Eleven Russian boxers intend
to compete in Rio, including reigning world champions Vitaly Dunaytsev and
Evgeny Tishchenko.We are reviewing and analyzing, on a case by case basis, the
anti-doping record of the 11 Russian boxers currently qualified for Rio 2016,
AIBA said. This information and the decision of AIBA in respect of the athletes
eligibility will be submitted to the IOC for confirmation in due course.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio -- Ohio State tailback Mike Weber sprained his shoulder in
Saturdays game against Nebraska but is expected to play when the No. 6 Buckeyes
travel to Maryland this week to face the Terrapins.Weber, a freshman who has
compiled 842 rushing yards this season, left Saturdays blowout in the third
quarter favoring his shoulder and didnt return. Hes fourth in rushing in the Big
Ten, averaging 93.6 yards.He should be fine for the game, coach Urban Meyer said
Monday. No contact this week in practice.Weber had 11 carries for 72 yards when
he left the game, which Ohio State won 62-3 . Demario McCall spelled Weber and
picked up 73 yards on 16 carries in the second half.Meyer said he hadnt seen the
offensive explosion coming against Nebraska, given that the Buckeyes struggled
offensively the past few games. He said it was a matter of pushing and cajoling
until the young team started clicking again.Quarterback J.T. Barrett was 26 for
38 for 290 yards, and the offense rolled up 590 yards against Nebraska, then a
Top 10 team. Ten players caught passes and Barrett wasnt sacked, although he had
a couple narrow escapes.This was a steady climb, Meyer said. We were climbing
very good early in the season. We plateaued, and somehow you have to get the
climb started again. If I thought there were chemistry issues and give-in, then
you implode. It wasnt that at all. Coaches have to do a better job, players have
to do a better job, and they did.Left tackle Jamarco Jones, whose low point was
the Oct. 22 loss to Penn State in which Barrett was sacked six times, said a few
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including a 75-yard scoring pass. As a result, he was named co-Big Ten Offensive
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