Russian athletes still banned from Olympics

Original ban of four years halved, but athletes still unable to compete under the Russian flag at next Olympics or the 2022 football World Cup. A Swiss court upheld doping sanctions that will prevent Russian athletes from competing at major international events under the country’s flag, but halved the period of the ban to two years from four. The ruling on Thursday (yesterday) will leave Russian athletes without their flag and national anthem at next year’s Tokyo Olympics, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and at the 2022 football World Cup in Qatar. Source: Aljazeera.