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Reuters

Swimming’s world governing body has allowed Russian swimmers Vladimir Morozov and Nikita Lobintsev to compete at the Rio Olympics, their lawyer Artyom Patsev said on Tuesday.
The two swimmers had launched an appeal against the ruling by the International Swimming Federation (Fina) banning them out of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics even though they have never failed a doping test.
Lobintsev and US-based Morozov were part of Russia’s bronze medal winning 4x100m freestyle team at the London 2012 Games, while Lobintsev also won a silver medal in the 4x200m freestyle relay at Beijing 2008.
“Yes, Morozov and Lobintsev have been admitted to the Olympic Games by Fina,” said Patsev.





Fina allows Russian swimmers Vladimir Morozov and Nikita Lobintsev to compete at Olympic Games

Nikita Lobintsev (left) and Vladimir Morozov. Photo: AP

(FILES) This file photo taken on August 05, 2015 shows Russia's Vladimir Morozov reacting after the semi-finals of the men's 100m freestyle swimming event at the 2015 FINA World Championships in Kazan. Russian swimmers Vladimir Morozov and Nikita Lobintsev on July 30 lodged appeals against their doping ban from the Rio Olympics, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said. Both have requested that CAS, which has set up special courts in Rio, declare "invalid and unenforceable" an International Olympic Committee order for federations to exclude athletes implicated in an investigation on doping in Russia. Morozov and Lobintsev were among seven Russians banned by the International Swimming Federation (FINA). / AFP PHOTO / ALEXANDER NEMENOV

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Russian swimmers Nikita Lobintsev (left) and Vladimir Morozov at the Swimming World Championships in Kazan, Russia, in August 2015. Photo: AP

(FILES) This file photo taken on July 31, 2013 shows Russia's Nikita Lobintsev reacting at the end of the semi-finals of the men's 100-metre freestyle swimming event in the FINA World Championships at Palau Sant Jordi in Barcelona. Russian swimmers Vladimir Morozov and Nikita Lobintsev on July 30 lodged appeals against their doping ban from the Rio Olympics, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said. Both have requested that CAS, which has set up special courts in Rio, declare "invalid and unenforceable" an International Olympic Committee order for federations to exclude athletes implicated in an investigation on doping in Russia. Morozov and Lobintsev were among seven Russians banned by the International Swimming Federation (FINA). / AFP PHOTO / FRANCOIS XAVIER MARIT

Russian doping whistleblower Yuliya Stepanova who runs under a neutral flag smiles before competing in a women's 800m heat during the European Athletics Championships in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Wednesday, July 6, 2016. (AP Photo/Geert Vanden Wijngaert)

The Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected Russia’s appeal against the decision to stop its track and field athletes from participating in Rio. Photo: AFP

Journalists set up microphones for a statement at the Court of Arbitration for Sport on July 21, 2016 at its headquarters in Lausanne. The Court of Arbitration for Sport is to rule on an appeal by 68 Russian athletes barred from the Rio Games in a test case, as the IOC debates a blanket ban on Russia over its state-run doping. / AFP PHOTO / FABRICE COFFRINI

FILE - In this Aug. 18, 2018 file photo Russia's Yelena Isinbayeva poses next to a scoreboard after setting a new world record to win gold in the women's pole vault final during the athletics competitions in the National Stadium at the Beijing 2008 Olympics in Beijing. The Court of Arbitration for Sport will issue its verdict Thursday, July 21, 2016 on Russia's appeal to overturn the IAAF ban on its track and field athletes for the 2016 Rio Olympic Games. (AP Photo/Thomas Kienzle, file)

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epa05434589 Matthieu Reeb, General Secretary of the Court of Arbitration for Sport, CAS, speaks to journalists during the release of the decision in the case between the Russian Olympic Committee (ROC), 68 Russian athletes and the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) in front of the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) in Lausanne, Switzerland, 21 July 2016. EPA/LAURENT GILLIERON

FILE - In this Feb. 23, 2014 file photo International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin watch the closing ceremony of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The executive board of the International Olympic Committee has a teleconference on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 to go over options in the wake of a report that uncovered a state-run doping scheme in Russia. After receiving the evidence from the report it commissioned, the World Anti-Doping Agency called for the IOC to consider a ban of Russia's entire Olympic team. (AP Photo/Charlie Riedel, file)

This file photo taken on February 7, 2014 shows the Olympic and Russian flags during the Opening Ceremony of the Sochi Winter Olympics. AFP

FILE - In this Feb. 15, 2014 file photo Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, and International Olympic Committee President Thomas Bach sit at a cafe along the promenade on the Black Sea near the Olympic Park at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia. The executive board of the International Olympic Committee has a teleconference on Tuesday, July 19, 2016 to go over options in the wake of a report that uncovered a state-run doping scheme in Russia. After receiving the evidence from the report it commissioned, the World Anti-Doping Agency called for the IOC to consider a ban of Russia's entire Olympic team. (AP Photo/David Goldman, file)

(FILES) This file photo taken on September 23, 2009 in Moscow shows a technician of the Moscow anti-doping laboratory. The International Olympic Committee (IOC) said on Julyt 19, 2016 it will study "legal options" on banning Russia from the Rio Games and ordered disciplinary action against Russian officials implicated in a state-run doping system. The IOC executive held emergency telephone talks after a World Anti-Doping Agency commissioned report said there had been state-sanctioned doping at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and other major events. / AFP PHOTO / STRINGER

Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko speaks at a news conference in Moscow in November 2015. Photo: AP

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FILE - In this April 19, 2016 file photo FIFA President Gianni Infantino, left, listens as Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko speaks during a news conference in Moscow, Russia. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko)

They had launched an appeal against the ruling by the International Swimming Federation (Fina) banning them out of the Rio de Janeiro Olympics even though they have never failed a doping test


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