Guess who’s back, back again? Court of Arbitration for Sport allows Russia’s Darya Klishina back into Olympic Games
The 25-year-old was suspended on Friday, but she is now free to compete in Rio de Janeiro
Russian long jumper Darya Klishina will take part in the Olympic Games after the Court of Arbitration for Sport on Monday overturned a last-minute ban.
Klishina, 25, was the only Russian accepted for the Olympic track and field events, but the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) suspended her on Friday after new information on her doping record emerged.
After a day of hearings, the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) announced that Klishina’s appeal had succeeded and she “remained eligible to compete in the Olympic Games in Rio.”
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The decision came just in time for Klishina, a former European indoor champion, to resume her campaign for the women’s long jump competition which starts on Tuesday.
The appeal was the latest fallout from the inquiry by Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren for the World Anti-Doping Agency which accused Russia of mass ‘state-sponsored’ doping.
CAS said it was McLaren who provided the “new factual elements” about Klishina which led the IAAF to revoke her Rio eligibility.