A total of 271 Russian athlete was tested for doping to participate in the Olympic games in Rio, said the President of the Committee of Russia Alexander Zhukov. The international Olympic Committee confirmed this point in a statement issued in the evening.
Hundreds of Russian athletes are in Brazil and are preparing for the games, which officially begin on Friday.
Earlier Thursday, the international Amateur Boxing Association has confirmed that all 11 Russian boxers have registered to participate in the Games have been tested and can take part in IOC.
The international judo Federation also said that all Russian athletes who qualified for the Games will be able to play. The international Federation of shooting sports also ran 18 Russian gunmen to take part in the Games in Rio.
Respective governing bodies in athletics and weightlifting, the international Association of athletics federations (IAAF) and international weightlifting Federation has decided that no Russian athletes will not take part in their sports during the Games.
But the weightlifting Federation of Russia appealed this decision to the court of arbitration for Sport (CAS), his application was rejected on Wednesday. A number of Russian athletes banned swimming, rowing and Canoeing, although there was no ban for competitors in these sports.
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