Russian athletes have only 1 percent chance of going to Rio - TASS cites minister

MOSCOW (Reuters) - There is just a one percent probability that the International Olympic Committee will allow Russian track-and-field athletes to take part in the Rio Olympics, TASS news agency quoted Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko as saying on Saturday.

The Court of Arbitration for Sport rejected on Thursday Russia's appeal against a doping ban for its entire athletics team from the Rio Olympics.

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(Reporting by Dmitry Solovyov; Editing by Jeremy Gaunt)

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Published 23 July 2016 11:18pm

Source: Reuters

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Russian athletes have only 1 percent chance of going to Rio - TASS cites minister

MOSCOW (Reuters) - There is just a one percent probability that the International Olympic Committee will allow Russian track-and-field athletes to take part in the Rio Olympics, TASS news agency quoted Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko as saying on Saturday.

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