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Olympic: 11 Russian boxers cleared to compete
The 11 Russian boxers qualified for the Rio Olympics have been cleared to compete in the Games by an International Olympic Committee review panel, the International Boxing Association has announced.
The AIBA carried out individual analysis of the 11 athletes, following the criteria set by the IOC directive of July 24, to assess their eligibility to compete in the Games, which open on Friday.
An AIBA statement read: “That process is now complete and confirmation has been received from the IOC Review Panel that the 11 Russian boxers are eligible to compete at Rio 2016.”
The two women boxers cleared are Anastassiia Beliakova (-60kg class) and Iaroslava Iakushina (-75kg).
The nine men cleared to compete are Vasily Egorov (-49kg), Misha Aloian (-52kg), Vladimir Nikitin (-56kg), Adlan Abdurashidov (-60kg), Vitaly Dunaytsev (-64kg), Andrey Zamkovoy (-69kg), Artem Chebotarev (-75kg), Petr Khamukov (-81kg) and Evgeny Tishchenko (-91kg).
The late confirmation will enable sports such as boxing, diving and tennis to hold the scheduled draws for their competitions.
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