Olympics: IOC stops 15 CAS-cleared Russians from competing in Pyeongchang

The International Olympic Committee said Monday it will not allow the 15 Russians who had their Sochi Olympic doping bans lifted by the Court of Arbitration for Sport to participate in the Pyeongchang Winter Games.The IOC's invitation review panel assessed the 15 -- 13 athletes and two coaches -- and concluded that "the decision of the CAS had not lifted the suspicion of doping or given the panel sufficient confidence to recommend to the (Olympic Athlete from Russia implementation group) that those 13 athletes could be considered as clean."The panel is chaired by Valerie Fourneyron, the Int…READ FULL ARTICLE