WADA calls for Russia to be banned from Rio 2016 Olympics

The World Anti-Doping Agency calls on the IOC to ban Russia from Rio 2016 after the damning McLaren report was published

Olympic Rings (Flickr/Department of Culture, Media and Sport)

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has called for the International Olympic Committee to reject entries from Russian athletes for the Olympic Games in Rio next month following the publication of the McLaren report.

The report, ordered in response to allegations of state-sponsored doping in the country, showed that Russian laboratories covered up 580 positive drugs tests, including 26 in cycling.

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Stuart Clarke is a News Associates trained journalist who has worked for the likes of the British Olympic Associate, British Rowing and the England and Wales Cricket Board, and of course Cycling Weekly. His work at Cycling Weekly has focused upon professional racing, following the World Tour races and its characters.