The Panel has no sufficient confidence to suggest that the 13 athletes be considered as clean.
The outraged Russian reaction to the IOC’s decision has been fuelled by comparisons with the great national triumph in the second world war, according to The Guardian's Shaun Walker.
The International Olympic Committee’s Executive Board on Tuesday, December 5, discussed the report by the Commission led by former Swiss President Samuel Schmid addressing the systematic manipulation of the anti-doping system in Russia, according to the IOC website.