IOC panel to make final decision on Russians

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said a three-member panel will make the "final decision" on which Russian athletes can compete in the Rio Olympics, set to begin in less than a week

Rio de Janeiro: The International Olympic Committee (IOC) has said a three-member panel will make the "final decision" on which Russian athletes can compete in the Rio Olympics, set to begin in less than a week.

Ugur Erdener is one of the IOC panellist

The panel will examine each case individually and make the "final decision" before Friday, IOC spokesman Mark Adams said. The three-member panel is made up of Ugur Erdener, president of World Archery and head of the IOC medical and scientific commission, Claudia Bockel of the IOC athletes commission, and Spanish IOC member Juan Antonio Samaranch.

Russian swimmer Yulia Efimova made an appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport against her exclusion from the Rio, the FINA world body said.

Efimova follows Vladimir Morozov and Nikita Lobintsev in making appeals against sanctions imposed by IOC over Russia's state-organised doping. They are among seven Russian swimmers banned from Rio by FINA.

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