The Court of Arbitration for Sport on Tuesday rejected a challenge made by 17 Russian rowers against their exclusion from the Rio Olympics over doping, a tribunal official said.
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The rowers were part of a group of Russian sportsmen to appeal Olympic bans ordered after an investigation revealed state-run doping in Russia.
Daniil Andrienko and 16 other rowers lodged a case against the World Rowing Federation and International Olympic Committee (IOC) on Monday and a hearing was held on Tuesday.
The group had demanded to be allowed to take part in the Rio Games which start on Friday.
“The appeal by the 17 was rejected,” the CAS official said.
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The tribunal has still to give a verdict on appeals by three swimmers, a wrestler and the Russian weightlifting federation.
