World Rowing take hard-line stance in banning 22 Russian rowers from the Olympics

Rowers from Greece, Italy and Australia will take their places.

World Rowing has taken the hardest stance with Russia since athletics ahead of the Rio Olympics, banning 22 of the nation's 28 rowers from competing.

With a blanket ban on all track and field athletes in the wake of the country's recently-uncovered, state-run doping programme, individual sports have been making decisions on participation after they were given the freedom to do so by the International Olympic Committee.