A Third Of All Potential Russian Olympians Have Been Banned

The International Olympic Committee waited until the day before the opening ceremony of the Rio Olympics to make their ruling on how many Russian athletes would be allowed to compete in the Games. The protracted and diffuse process made for a logistical nightmare for some competitors, like cyclist Ilnur Zakarin, who was pulled off his flight to Rio at the last minute after finding out he was banned. Months after Russia's massive, brazen state-run doping program was uncovered, the IOC made their ...