Alisher Usmanov urges IOC to allow Russian athletes to compete at Winter Olympics

Russian athletes who are proven to be clean should be allowed to compete under the Russian flag at the 2018 Winter Olympics, according to Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov.

Alisher Usmanov urges IOC to allow Russian athletes to compete at Winter Olympics

Russian athletes who are proven to be clean should be allowed to compete under the Russian flag at the 2018 Winter Olympics, according to Arsenal shareholder Alisher Usmanov.

Russia was banned from February's Games in Pyeongchang earlier this week by the International Olympic Committee for state-sponsored doping, but individual athletes who can prove they have not cheated could compete under the Olympic flag.

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