Russia’s weightlifting team banned from Rio Olympics

Russia’s eight-strong Olympic Games weightlifting team was banned from the Rio
Games on Friday in the latest doping-related blow to the sporting powerhouse.
“The integrity of the weightlifting sport has been seriously damaged on multiple
times and levels by the Russians, therefore an appropriate sanction was applied in
order to preserve the status of the sport,” said a statement by the International
Weightlifting Federation.