Armed with compelling evidence of systematic doping by Russian athletes with complicity of that country's government, the IOC took the unprecedented step this week of holding in abeyance all Russian athletes' eligibility for the Rio Olympics pending clearance by each athletes' international sport federation (IF). In doing so, the IOC tossed the eligibility question vis-a-vis doping to the IFs, which must conduct a thorough vetting of each Russian athlete. And, oh, by the way, the Olympics begin on Aug. 5.
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