text: Decision time: IOC poised to rule on Russia's status for Rio | Sports , Other Sports | THE DAILY STAR
  Jul. 23, 2016 | 03:40 PM
  This file photo taken on February 23, 2014 shows an Olympic Games flag and a Russian flag waving during the closing ceremony of the winter Olympics in Sotchi. AFP / ANDREJ ISAKOVIC
  Russia's track and field athletes have already been banned by the IAAF, the sport's governing body, following allegations of state-directed doping – a decision that was upheld Thursday by the Court of Arbitration for Sport.