Rio 2016 Olympics: Russians 'have cleanest team' as 271 athletes cleared to compete
Source: BBC
4 August 2016 Olympics
Russia will have 271 athletes eligible to compete at the Rio Games, says the International Olympic Committee (IOC).
This is more than two-thirds of their original entry list of 389 athletes, despite the World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) recommending a blanket ban after a doping scandal.
Russia's Olympic Committee president Alexander Zhukov said his country will have "the cleanest team" at the Games.
The Olympics opening ceremony takes place on Friday.
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"These Russian athletes...they have the best training facilities. The best. Believe me, the best. And the media. Claims of doping. Did you see this? They banned almost the entire Russian delegation. Yeah, I know. Turns out they have the cleanest team, the cleanest team. And our team? Sad. Very sad. Our best guy! Our best guy!! All these medals, all these medals! Not clean. I saw him. On the tv. He had a bong in his hand! Not clean. Not clean. Very sad for America, very sad. And I can tell you this, we are gonna lose. Badly. Very badly, believe me. But how can you compete? Russia? They put all their weight behind their athletes. You know what our guys hafta do? Beg. They hafta beg. Really. They go hat in hand to all these corporate donors. Very sad, very sad. And I can tell you this, when I'm in office, WE WILL SWEEP THE OLYMPICS! "
