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Olympic officials meet to decide on whether to ban Russia from Rio
The International Olympic Committee will meet in Switzerland today to decide if Russia's track and field athletes will be banned from this year's Rio Games following allegations of state-sponsored doping. Last week, the governing body of world athletics decided not to lift a suspension imposed last November. So what's likely to happen today? Newsday's Lawrence Pollard spoke to Catherine Ordway, a sport and anti-doping lawyer in Australia.
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