BRAZIL OLYMPIC

Just days out from the 2016 Olympic opening ceremony, the Games in Rio de Janeiro are in danger of being plunged into chaos by the Russian doping scandal.

Protest hits Brazil ahead of Olympics Source: AAP

The IOC had left the decision on whether individual athletes could participate up to the individual sport bodies.

But it now says the committee will have the final say and has announced a three-person panel to decide the fate of athletes whose federations had cleared to compete.