Should Russia be banned from the Rio Olympics?

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Yes they should. However, politics might bail them out. 
 

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http://espn.go.com/olympics/story/_/id/17117626/russia-loses-appeal-ban-track-field-athletes
 
Russia lost its appeal Thursday against the Olympic ban on its track and field athletes, a decision that could add pressure on the IOC to exclude the country entirely from next month's Games in Rio de Janeiro.
 
 
 
I say the Track and Field athletes should be banned, but I would allow the rest with the understanding that any negative tests from ANY of them this Olympics, and they would be banned for the next Olympics in Japan. I imagine that'd light a fuel under them and would still allow most of them to compete. Not really fair to the white water rapids athletes to get kicked out b/c the T&F guys cant keep their hands off the needles.
 

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Word is Russia as a whole will be banned and the athletes with their names cleared will still be able to compete but under the Olympic flag.
 

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Not only should the be banned from this Summer's Olympics, but an entire Olympic cycle including the next Winter Olympics too.
 

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IOC ruled today that Russia WILL NOT be fully banned from the Rio Olympics
 

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Mr. X said:
Not only should the be banned from this Summer's Olympics, but an entire Olympic cycle including the next Winter Olympics too.
this is what i would have liked to see
 

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CoachAF said:
IOC ruled today that Russia WILL NOT be fully banned from the Rio Olympics
So just the track and field team?
 

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