By Noel Young

The Rio Olympics look to have escaped a complete ban on all Russian athletes competing next month.

The International Olympic Committee is to allow Russian athletes with clean drug records to compete next month in Rio de Janeiro, Bloomberg News reports.

Only athletes who pass “reliable adequate international tests” will compete, and Russian tests were deemed invalid, according to an IOC statement.

Earlier it was feared there would be a complete ban of the country’s competitors after a massive state-backed doping program was exposed.

The Russian athletes can compete only if they are able “to provide evidence to the Read full story ›

Source: The Drum