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Russian Olympic team has 13 athletes with doping history - R-Sport cites ROC head

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Olympic team has 13 sportspeople with a history of doping, R-Sport news agency quoted Russian Olympic Committee chief Alexander Zhukov as saying on Monday.

Eight athletes in Russian Olympic team have doping history - ROC head
(Reuters)

Zhukov said earlier on Monday that he knew of eight such athletes in Russia's national team.

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(Reporting by Jason Bush; Writing by Dmitry Solovyov)

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