Olympic Doping Bans Lifted for 28 Russians

The Olympic doping bans for 28 Russian athletes have been overturned, throwing the International Olympic Committee's policy on Russian doping into turmoil. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled Thursday that evidence was insufficient that the 28, including several medalists, had broken anti-doping rules at the 2014 Olympics in Sochi. The 28 whose bans were lifted could now seek late entry into the Pyeongchang Games, which open Feb. 9. Eleven more were ruled to have been...

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