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11:33, 05-Feb-2018
IOC shuts the door on 15 Russian athletes, coaches
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The International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday turned down the request by the suspended Russian Olympic Committee to invite 13 Russian athletes and two coaches to the 2018 PyeongChang Winter Olympics, after their suspensions were lifted by the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS).
The IOC review panel "unanimously recommended that the IOC not extend an invitation to the Olympic Winter Games."
The 15 athletes and staffs were among a group of 28 Russians, whose life bans from the Olympics were lifted by the CAS last week.
In December, the IOC banned Russia from attending the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, citing its "unprecedented systematic manipulation" of the Olympic anti-doping system, but left the door open to athletes with no history of doping to compete as neutrals.