THE INTERNATIONAL OLYMPIC COMMITTEE will leave it up to the governing bodies of individual sports to decide if Russian athletes are clean and should be allowed to take part in next month's Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Gmw.cn commented on Tuesday:

The IOC's final decision on Sunday rules out the possibility that Russian will receive a blanket ban from Rio 2016 following the country's doping issues.

In all likelihood, the whole of the Russian delegation except track and field athletes, who have already been banned, will be able to compete in Rio. The International Association of Athletics Federations has ruled that Russian track and field athletes are not allowed to compete, due to their involvement in the country's doping scandal.