i.o.c. somewhat vague assertion that it has evidence of doping on the part of these athletes that was not made available to cas that's what the i.o.c. is saying and then this base is clean enough from what would be for many the biggest event of their lives. yes certainly seems like an extraordinary suggestion that the original attention was based on evidence which they have now they're now suggesting that this evidence was has come to light sense i mean why was that not provided the court of arbitration for sport on this this happens only come to light since the the hearing acoss it seems like a very strange way of going about things i was far as i'm concerned the i.o.c. should be operating on the basis of the decision the cops have made as i said what's the point in having that system if they're not going to adhere to it i do appreciate however that one of the one of the points of the i.o.c. president has made is that they haven't actually received any reason decisions and i suppose they are somewhat in the dark as to what the reasoning for kathy is on that they do have the option of course a

well the i.o.c. has decision has infuriated a number of russian officials the country's prime minister has said the committee has violated the olympic charter on basic legal principles a representative of the country's bobsled federation even went so far as to describe the decision makers as puppets on the head of the cross country skiing association has claimed and war is beginning ellis cashmore who is a sports expert and so she ology professor to us to university in the u.k. told us he believes that russia's sports people have been treated deeply unfairly politics have driven this whole narrative from the start i mean everyone was denying it but it had to be political what's happened here is that russia has been made the scapegoat the i.o.c. in particular but the world of sport in general has really been looking to make a statement an affirmation of it stance against doping in world sport and it's it's issue disqualifications and lifetime bans to individual athletes but this is the first time in histo

everyone was denying it but it had to be political what's happened here is that russia has been made a scapegoat the i.o.c. in particular but the world of sport in general has really been looking to make a statement an affirmation of it stance against doping in world sport and it's it's issue disqualifications and lifetime bans to individual athletes but this is the first time in history that it's found a whole nation culpable for sport has billions of dollars coming in through sponsorship deals that there are a great many corporate globally corporate sponsors who put money into a sport they do not want their brand names associated with an enterprise which in some senses is soft on drugs because it just doesn't want to associate its brand with drugs and so sport has been under pressure. nuclear threat subvert or of democracy on a state poised and ready to kill thousands of british citizens at any moment that's all been said about russia recently on the accusations a negative portrayal keep coming in the latest illustration of anti russian animosity in the west the economist magazine run a story describing

i.o.c. still has the power to decide who can compete at the olympics we are right the same street procedure after he straightly disappointing past decisions up holding a number for pete's. the privilege to be invited requires. then just the absence of a safe. so we have not been right. all the athletes requested invitations to compete along with other clean russian competitors under the banner of neutral athletes from russia on thursday the court of arbitration for sport said the i.o.c. is evidence that the twenty eight had taken banned substances was insufficient in twenty cases the evidence collected was found to be insufficient to establish that's grouping rule violation was committed actually it's concerned well the i.o.c. has decision has infuriated a number of russian officials the prime minister has accused the committee of violating the olympic charter and basic legal principles while a representative of the country's top slay federation described the i.o.c. as puppets and the head of the cross country skiing association warned that a war is beginning sports lawyer stuart gilhooly b

russia will be allowed to march under their country's flag at the closing ceremonies on sunday the i.o.c. has allowed some russian operates to compete under an olympic flag their case is all the more difficult now that two russians have been caught doping in china the first a courier who has had his metal strips on the second bobsledder who admitted taking a bond. they can now involves broke travel two minds on friday night with their new coach bruno up at dia the visitors had multiple opportunities to put the game away but lines had other ideas worlds shows that draco netted the game's first goal from the center of the ball at the six minute mark is this came from william one nil volves. india was fires of but then mine says the nori move to equalize for the home side falls very fails to come very soon they came near the school remains. of one of the great darby's in the board think it takes place on saturday with braman hosting northern rivals hamburg but the days when these sides were fighting for the title are long gone braman are hovering just above the drop zone and however are second t

athletes to attend the games after their lifetime bans for doping offenses were overturned now the i.o.c. has decided to hire a special panel to assess the athletes cases on an individual basis this after the court of arbitration for sport nullified the life bans of twenty eight russian athletes on thursday the i.o.c. they will have to make a quick decision the game's employing chang start in a week's time. well to american football now and in sunday's highly anticipated super bowl clash five time champions the new england patriots will take on the philadelphia eagles thousands of fans have already descended upon minneapolis the host city has been very active trying to keep fans busy before the big day. the super bowl is truly something for the census and this super bowl funfair is this close as some fans will get that's because you have to have deep pockets for the full n.f.l. experience most fans have no chance of buying tickets. six thousand votes but some of the fans arriving in the host city will tell you that even with a ticket in hand there's no peace of mind. thought all week we're go

athletes of russia will be allowed to march under their country's flag at the closing ceremonies the i.o.c. has alleged so russian oscillates to compete but only under an olympic flag at their case is all the more difficult they say that two russians have been caught doping in china the first a courier who had his medal stripped on the second a ball pleasure who had missed it taking a banned substance. to point to think of football now and evolve spirit travel to minds on friday nights with their new coach bruno love the dia the visitors had multiple opportunities to put the game away but lines had other ideas the wolves use it by cologne netted the game's first gold problem center of the box at the six minute mark uses came from way out when nailed for vaults broke and coached love the day it was going to do but then my answer is yes you know every move to equalize for the home side sports fails to convert a late game winner and the score remained one all. one of the great darby's in the one is think it takes place on saturday with raymond hosting northern rivals hamburg but the days when thes

everyone was denying it but it had to be political what's happened here is that russia has been made a scapegoat the i.o.c. in particular but the world of sport in general has really been looking to make a statement an affirmation of it stance against doping in world sport and it's it's issued disqualifications and lifetime bans to individual athletes but this is the first time in history that it's found a whole nation culpable for sport has billions of dollars coming in through sponsorship deals that there are a great many corporate globally corporate sponsors who put money into a sport they do not want their brand names associated with an enterprise which in some senses is soft on drugs because it just doesn't want to associate its brand with drugs and so sport has been under pressure. not only sports many in moscow feel the country is receiving unfair treatment in other areas as well recently russia has been labeled a nuclear threat a subvert of democracy and a state poised to kill thousands of british citizens at any moment the accusations and negative portrayals keep coming just in the latest example

in total the band lost in less than three months but the i.o.c. has moved on surprisingly welcomed by russians and in fact committee. none the less than yours to assure that issue today's decision of the i.o.c. is one of the most important for us because the russian olympic committee is once again completely reinstated in its rights and is now a completely full fledged member of the olympic family. the speech before it was revelations from this man gregory rowe chen calls that it helped lead to the ban the former moscow director of the whistle on a state backed plot to cheat doping tests at the twenty fourteen sochi games as a result clean athletes from russia were only allowed to take part in chang under the olympic flag the red white and blue kept family out of sight. and of those two of them including alexander crucial the failed drug tests while in south korea the i.o.c. agreed on sunday to lift the ban if no of the athletes tested positive didn't and russia's reinstatement was completely. packed the story a little bit to do that i'm joined by jon

in russian team uniforms and under their country's flag at the closing ceremonies on sunday the i.o.c. has allowed some russian athletes to compete under an olympic flag their case is all the more difficult now the two russians have been caught doping in chun the first a curler who had his medal stripped after a positive doping test the second bobsledder who admitted taking a banned substance two days before competing the i.o.c. his decision will come later this weekend. and joining me now to discuss the day's events at the winter olympics in chang is the. own chris harrington who by the way next thanks for joining us thank you even though chris just saturday and sunday left to the end of the big games we have some more finals today take us through what happened in the big events in them and a canadian walked away with the top prize and it's a big prize is very important the big air event made its debut snowboarding discipline in the winter olympics a bashing to talk with this chick right here it's called a flat spin backside sixteen twenty zero and he ultimately got one seventy four point

the i.o.c. has decision has infuriated a number of russian officials the prime minister has accused the committee of violating the olympic charter and basic legal principles a representative of the country's box lay federation wibc the i.o.c. as puppets and the head of the cross country skiing association warned that a war is beginning figure skating coach tatiana qatar service says despite the i.o.c. crackdown the russian competitors are highly motivated and that we in the i can vouch for our efforts are to give my right hand for them the ones who have been caused to side actually can figure skaters ksenia and twenty year old if you have who has been competing at the junior level that has done the north end of town your school sport is a place where you have to constantly overcome obstacles so we are not a parent can we are going there to make it easier for future generations of affluence to go and that is a great under the national flag and with the national. sports lawyer stewart appeal who reall

international in picotee is another situation of its hands in korea as reports of merger the i.o.c. has told the us female ice hockey team to remove the image of the statue of liberty from their helmets the rules state that no political symbols can be displayed on athletes uniforms or the reports that lady liberty was being given the cold shoulder by the i.o.c. quickly made headlines and rage online some media suggesting national flags and anthems that should be removed to others even citing reports suggesting it was the russian president who requested the olympic committee to get the u.s. to remove the image people on twitter echoed the media's criticism of the move some accuse the i.o.c. is biased saying it doesn't mind sponsor money and logos such as the famous nike tick others though question if canada should maybe therefore remove the iconic maple leaf why not its national symbol for its jerseys and equipment if you can to use that train of thought however the i.o.c. later backtracked but it all anyway saying it was a misunderstanding and it never asked the u.s. team it said to rem

inviting these athletes if they haven't served the i.o.c. has maintained all along we reserve the right to invite who we want to see these games and that cas is now scientists with the and it's nice on the committee my so that was the big story a leading up to the games there have been a few events that have actually already started yes that's right they basically kind of fit every single event in see whether games between the opening ceremony in the closing ceremonies there we've seen a few qualifying events we've seen some ice skating and now patrick chan is one of the big names in ice skating we can see him in action that he represents kind of he won two silver medals in sochi four years ago he's a three time world champion as you can see that sometimes it happens to the best of them it was sleeping on his court super tired and that's a bit of bluster really for someone like patrick chan it was a very patchy stance for him this is in the team event but thankfully he was supported by some of his teammates who have pulled up kind of the score s

spoke to lawyer chris chambers he says sport needs a new global body to enforce rules fairly so the i.o.c. has almost plenary power to even ignore what the court of arbitration for sport says has as decided and i think nations would probably say we don't want the i.o.c. making arbitrary decisions that while it may one day affect our athletes their national sports community and member nations really need to get together and create a body that can enforce rules fairly and across the board. equally because we do not have that right now there's enough time to really have the i.o.c. sit down with serious representatives and russian representatives and get things done there is time to and allow these athletes who who have been cleared who are innocent who have been shown to be innocent by the c.i.s. to compete. athletes from all over the world have started to arrive at the olympic facilities in the south korean city of pyongyang among them russian athletes who are allowed to compete as a limb pick athletes from russia under a neutral flag earlier the i.o.c. issued strict rules regarding that uniform

a few months after the olympics and said that he was proud of it very interesting i presume the i.o.c. has taken a saloon very seriously well i can tell you it was too late to take this seriously they couldn't do anything about that when they found out but apparently some people at the i.o.c. weren't so happy with the situation president thomas bought allegedly the called the ruling a decision that was influenced by national interests but in the meantime if we go back to the e-mails some top canadian sports officials appear to have been trying to do everything to make sure that this case doesn't get any further attention including legal attention and if you look at the wording it suggests that anyone who's concerned or anyone who's just even trying to ask questions about this is doing something terribly wrong it does not seem right that this is being suggested publicly but if an independent bruce is determined the athlete was at neuve fools in this case. and the i.o.c. had the right to appeal the decision of the time and none of them did well this is a point where i once again want to ment

the i.o.c. has almost plenary power to even ignore what the court of arbitration for sports has decided and i think nations would probably say we don't want the i.o.c. making arbitrary decisions that what may one day affect our athletes international sports community and member nations really need to get together and create a body that can enforce rules fairly and across the board equally because we do not have that right now. a new anti bracket posse is about to be known just in the u.k. with support from across the channel french m.p.'s belonging to a manual the clones on motion the xmen not only back the idea but have reportedly been given good advice to the founders of the new but his party ati's saw that the penske picked up the story. this is really a brand new political party that's about to launch in the k. its goals are quite ambitious pledging to transform british politics and reverse brigs it it wants a second referendum on it i think there's no chance of brakes it being reversed the brit

the i.o.c. has almost plenary power to even ignore what the court of arbitration for sports has decided and i think nations would probably say we don't want the i.o.c. making arbitrary decisions that what may one day affect our athletes international sports community and member nations really need to get together and create a body that can enforce rules fairly and across the board equally because we do not have that right now. earlier the i.o.c. issued strict rules regarding the kit for the russian athletes and they are only allowed to compete under a neutral flag so uniforms should bear the words on the thick athlete from russia or the abbreviation oh a r it should also be of a single or dual color no russian flags are allowed meanwhile a russian design company is showing its support for the athletes along with a touch of humor they've launched a line of t. shirts with a pun on the acronym away are one of the designers spoke with us. well look when used with the stupid to deprive people of their ow

the i.o.c. has banned men to many of russia's experienced athletes were unable to compete at the winter olympics in pyongyang this meant of course that those who were allowed to compete should only do so under a neutral olympic flag and they were mainly newcomers nevertheless they won seventeen medals overall now if we go back to the events leading up to the decision to reinstate russia to the i.o.c. there were expectations that it would have happened during the winter olympics themselves but there was a problem to russian competitors fail drugs tests another consequence to those positive tests was russia being banned from waving the country's flag during the closing ceremony initially they were going to be allowed but the privilege was taken away however it's now hoped the past is behind it competitions planned to take place in russia and not in these threads well for the concerns i'm prepared for those torn men's rights which russia already obtained so russia is once again an active member of the

evidence that the principle of innocent until proven guilty would really be up held it seems the i.o.c. has gone against that principle while many feel perhaps you know those athletes that had been proven to be doping should feel the full force of the law in the terms of the legal framework. and clean athletes who have not had these decisions confirmed would simply go against the good spirit of sport so obviously there is a feeling of devastation among those russian athletes who have been working so hard to attain we have been proven clean or rather proven but they have not been doping he will not be attending those games. movement does not consider me an athlete who deserves to be a part of it even providing an explanation i've never given a reason to doubt my honesty and my integrity. games in korea were to be the first in my career to give the women.

the i.o.c. has almost plenary power to even ignore what the court of arbitration for sport says decided and i think nations would probably say we don't want the i.o.c. making arbitrary decisions that what may one day affect our athletes international sports community and member nations really need to get together and create a body that can enforce rules fairly and across the board equally because we do not have that right now. earlier the i.o.c. issued strict rules regarding russian athletes uniforms as russian competitors are only allowed to compete under a neutral flag the uniform should bear the words a limpid athlete from russia or its acronym a r it should also be of a single or dual color and we know it will be grey no russian flag or any of its colors white blue and red are allowed however that doesn't stop one russian design company from showing its support for russia's athletes by launching a line of special t. shirts humming on the acronym we spoke to one of its designers. when used is stu

yeah as you mentioned the i.o.c. has already reacted reacted to this saying that that the decision does not mean that they are automatically get the privilege of an invitation to the games so how likely do you think it is that those twenty eight athletes will actually make it there or will the i.o.c. do everything in their power to stop that. well the this is the key point the i.o.c. will oversee do everything in his power to stop that doesn't want to compete but i don't think they can do that and the reason is. the reason is basically what the cast said in the decision was that the eleven ineligible ridgeline cation means the twenty eight will be eligible for climate change where we won't know for sure until we receive the reasoned decision who casts and it will be interesting to see whether the cast is actually considered the olympic charter because i've been through it and it says things like you know see makes great athletes for any reason . and no decision in respect of the olympic games can be challenge three years

russia has the i.o.c. has lifted russia's olympic bid which should allow them to compete in upcoming of vets this follows the olympics work no russian athletes turned up a positive test in their doping tests as watch. the movie. cut. drugs newcomer. to see a comedy drama. made in germany always has its finger on the pulse. of the market the future. goals are supposed to. meet in germany. italy. enters the conflict zone the government of sudan is often accused of being one of the world's greatest violator those of human rights just as often it denies the charges the move conveys many of those denials as the country's foreign minister to bring him going door close my guest in music does he care if anyone's beliefs in. the sixty minutes. the scars on. the pain still tangible. the suffering for go. through cities and. they have survived do they don't have a future. i really understand people who say they don't want to stay here. but i also admire people who want to stay here and who decided to create something new

court secretary-general match your review and asked him about the reasons behind the court and i.o.c. has decisions the full interview is on our website r.t. dot com but here is a preview. these athletes applied but were denied access to the games because the i.o.c. decided not to invite them so it was not a sanction it was an eligibility issue that's a legal difference for us. the only review the question of the application of the law of the rules of the i.o.c. it reviewed only the process whether it was fair whether it was nondiscriminatory discriminatory. it found that it was not critical there was no. the rules were not unfair and they have complied with by the i.o.c. so it was only a legally stick approach again there was no review of every. for the entire case of the sochi case was not discussed here the report was last discussed here. the fact that you cannot establish the give evidence of the. doesn't mean that you have established the innocence of the athlete this is the other way around with the sochi case because the i.o.c. had to show that the athletes were guilty the fact tha

complete would be seven of them appealed to the court of arbitration for sport to overturn the i.o.c. has banned over alleged doping violations among those who follow the pills are some of russia's most celebrated athletes including six times a limp dick gold medalist victor and such a games champion anton sheeple in. the reports from the olympic host city of punk chang. for almost two and a half hours the court of arbitration for sport was listening to the russian side which have now left led by their lawyer so these people won't get another chance to give their arguments to the court and now it is all to the cast members they promised to announce some sort of decision by noon korean time on friday of the two of them we came here to defend the can spam listen to our arguments and the decision will be reached within twenty four hours so things won't be decided to with few hours before the opening ceremony which of course puts extra pressure on the russian athletes on wednesday the secretary general hinted that still their mind to be at delay now here we are looking at three scenarios eith

that's ability for these games were unfairly discriminated against individual athletes but the i.o.c. has always maintained even if someone wasn't banned for doping that doesn't guarantee an invite to the games and as were hits harry the court of arbitration the sport agreed with what the i.o.c. said the concentrators of constitutes the process. to establish an invitation list of russian at least beats olympic athletes from russia would not be described as a sanction but rather as an eligibility decision. so where does this leave us jason with the opening ceremony about to get underway what can we expect to see it leaves us with a hundred sixty nine rough and russian athletes to compete is independent some of this banner limpid athlete from russia so what that means is at the end ceremony in a few hours time they'll be under the lympics flag and if any of them win the gold medal at these games instead of the russian at them will be hearing this olympic catherine neutral. let's not forget to see that participation alone to start some controversy because some people were arguing that actual

the i.o.c. has almost plenary power to even ignore what the court of arbitration for sports has has as decided and i think nations would probably say we don't want the i.o.c. making arbitrary decisions that what may one day affect our athletes their national sports community and member nations really need to get together and create a body that can enforce rules fairly and across the board. equally because we do not have that right now there isn't enough time to really have the i.o.c. sit down with c.a.'s representatives and russian representatives and get things done various time too and allow these athletes who who have been cleared who are innocent who have been shown to be innocent by the c.i.s. to compete athletes from all over the world have started to arrive at the olympic facilities and the south korean city of young chang among them are russian athletes who are allowed to compete as a limb pick athletes from russia under a neutral flag earlier the i.o.c. is huge strict rules regarding their

the i.o.c. has almost plenary power to even ignore what the court of arbitration for sport has decided and i think nations would probably say we don't want the i.o.c. making arbitrary decisions that while it may one day affect our athletes international sports community and member nations really need to get together and create a body that can enforce rules fairly and across the board equally because we do not have that right now the. quality of the i.o.c. issued strict rules regarding clothing for russian athletes and they're only allowed to compete on their neutral flag the uniform should bear the words and then pick athletes from russia or the radiation a bar and any color combination should not represent russia's trickle of red white and blue russian flags are not allowed. on a russian design company showing its support for the athletes along with a touch of humor they've launched a line of t. shirts carrying a pun on the acronym. designed into me cheapish call thinks the ban is political and wan

a few months after the olympics and said that he was proud of it very interesting i presume the i.o.c. has taken a saloon very seriously well i can tell you it was too late to take this seriously they couldn't do anything about that when they found out but apparently some people at the i.o.c. weren't so happy with the situation president thomas bought allegedly the called the ruling a decision that was influenced by national interests but in the meantime if we go back to the e-mails some top canadian sports officials appear to have been trying to do everything to make sure that this case doesn't get any further attention including legal attention and if you look at the wording it suggests that anyone who's concerned or anyone who's just even trying to ask questions about this is doing something terribly wrong it does not seem right that this is being suggested publicly but if an independent bruce is determined the athlete was at new fools in this case. and the i.o.c. had the right to appeal the decision of the time and none of them did well this is a point where i once again want. mention

and they awarded for the first time ever in history two consecutive games at the same time the i.o.c. has to be worrying that cities have caught on and they're no longer willing to bid against one another to to bankrupt themselves in order to host the games and i think it will just remains to be seen for the next summer games that are awarded how many cities actually bid for it really great information appreciate you helping us drill down into it dr brad humphries associate professor at the regional research institute at west virginia university thank you have a great weekend great talking with you too. and before we go to the break with the numbers china has said that it may launch a you want denominated oil futures contract given march china is the largest crude oil importer the move if successful would challenge the two existing in the toilet benchmark those are the west texas intermediate contract which is traded at nymex the new york mercantile exchange and the brant contract which is traded at the intercontinental exchange ice futurists in london so stick around when we get back we'

months after the olympics and said that he was proud of it very interesting i have presumed the i.o.c. has taken this on very seriously well i can tell you it was too late to take this seriously they couldn't do anything about that when they found out but apparently some people at the i.o.c. weren't so happy with the situation president thomas allegedly called the ruling a decision that was influenced by national interests but in the meantime if we go back to the e-mails some top canadian sports officials appear to have been trying to do everything to make sure that this case doesn't get any further attention including legal attention and if you look at the wording it suggests that anyone who's concerned or anyone who's just even trying to ask questions about this is doing something terribly wrong it does not seem right that this is being suggested publicly would have an independent determined that the athlete was a new fool in this case. and the i.o.c. had the right to appeal the decision of the time and none of them did well this is the point where i once again want to mention all the ru

the i.o.c. has almost plenary power to even ignore what the court of arbitration for sport says has decided and i think nations would probably say we don't want the i.o.c. making arbitrary decisions that may one day affect our athletes international sports community and member nations really need to get together and create a body that can enforce rules fairly and across the board. equally because we do not have that right now athletes from all over the world have started to arrive at the olympic facilities and the south korean city of kim chang among them are russian athletes who are allowed to compete as lympics athletes from russia under a neutral flag. of the i.o.c. is due to strict rules regarding uniforms. so the uniform should bear the words elliptic athletes from russia or its acronym a are should also be of a single dual color we know it's going to be grey no russian flag or any of its colors white blue and red are allowed to be shown that they don't stop one russian design company from show

months after the olympics and said that he was proud of it very interesting i have presumed the i.o.c. hastaken this on very seriously well i can tell you it was too late to take this seriously they couldn't do anything about that when they found out but apparently some people at the i.o.c. weren't so happy with the situation president thomas allegedly called the ruling a decision that was influenced by national interests but in the meantime if we go back to the e-mails some top canadian sports officials appear to have been trying to do everything to make sure that this case doesn't get any further attention including legal attention and if you look at the wording it suggests that anyone who's concerned or anyone who's just even trying to ask questions about this is doing something terribly wrong it does not seem right that this is being suggested publicly would have an independent bruces determined the athlete was a new fool in this case. and the i.o.c. had the right to appeal the decision of the time and none of them did well this is the point where i once again want to mention all the r

sports men and women from russia have appealed to the court of arbitration for sport to overturn the i.o.c. has decision over alleged doping violations that ruling is due to be announced. on friday among those who have filed appeals are some of russia's most celebrated athletes for example six time olympic gold medalist victor and sochi games champion anton she pulled it out easily by trying to reports from the olympic host city. for almost two and a half hours the court of arbitration for sport was listening to the russian side which have now left led by their lawyer so these people won't get another chance to give their arguments to the court and now it is all up to the cast members they promised to announce some sort of decision by noon korean time on friday. the phone we continue to depend on the can spam listen to our arguments and the decision will be reached within twenty four i was so things won't be decided to with a few hours before the opening ceremony which of course puts extra pressure on the russian athletes on wednesday the secretary general hinted that still their mind to be at

i.o.c. is decision has infuriated a number of russian officials the prime minister has accused the committee of violating the olympic charter and basic legal principles and the representative of the country's box lay federation described the i.o.c. as puppets and the head of the cross country skiing association warned that a war is beginning sport to do it gilhooly believes politics played a big role in the decision making process. it seems like a very strange way of going about things that the i.o.c. should be operating on the basis of the decision the cast had made what's the point in having that system if they're not going to adhere to it it does seem to me that political pressure has been brought to bear in this situation it's hard to see. where a sort of a legal reasoning can come come about and this decision certainly has been acute amount of pressure poured on the i.o.c. over the course of the last six months or so particularly in relation to russian athletes and i think that there are i think there would be such a backlash if they were allowed to compete that maybe the i.o.c. feel th

allegations we are awaiting its reply however a sports lawyer we spoke to told us it's wiring the i.o.c. has not publicly commented on this issue. what's interesting is you heard the outcry in the media about these allegations you haven't seen any action by wada as it currently stands i don't see there being an investigation which you know is in the light of everything we've discovered with regards to the russian doping allegations is troubling everybody where there is a problem should be investigated we need to understand that doping is in fact a global problem is raised by this documentary we need to understand that doping as happened and occurs across the world and that this is not an incident slated to russia that this is a global problem it's a continuing problem and it's something we need to address seriously right now even be the greatest anti-doping experts in the west as a lot of cannot currently detect doping in athletes that's a problem. the u.s. led coalition has conducted as strikes against pro government forces in syria reportedly killing over one hundred u.s. central command d

olympic officials may actually lift the suspension in march if no further issues come up and the i.o.c. has said that these two doping cases appear to be isolated. but these are cases soft. and there is no indication. of so ever for a systemic or systematic. affair here. kevin you mentioned thrushes last gold medal at these alum base that was just won by the man's ice hockey team a few hours ago and again they were competing under a neutral banner because of the russian doping scandal but they beat germany in a gripping final they had been neck and neck right to the end but the russians clinched a four three victory with a goal in extra time it was the first time in twenty years the country's players had reached the final they have last won gold in ice hockey back in one thousand nine hundred ninety two that was also on her neutral banner but for a different reason that was because the team didn't have its own flag at the time following the break up of the soviet union at the prize giving in pyongyang earlier that's really interesting the olympic athlete was played according to the rules bu

lawyer phillip birch is representing the russian team he says the i.o.c. has failed to make any distinction between clean and guilty russian athletes play in may view those decisions are legally wrong and just yes i call them disguised sanctions because that's what they are those athletes are being denied participation to the olympic games when they are clean athletes in fact they are being put in the very same situation as athletes who have developed and who have been sanctioned and suspended when they are clean athletes they don't even know exactly for two reasons they were denied access and they were not given the opportunity to prove these allegations wrong so yes those or disguised sanctions. france is unable to confirm whether the syrian government has used chemical weapons that's what the country's defense minister said in a recent interview when asked about a chlorine attack outside damascus. when they're designed guess you. do. absolutely the french defense minister saying that there is no reliable evidence to suggest that koori mail was used in that

thorough only look at the facts and as the law in front of them and come to the right decision the i.o.c. has almost plenary power to even ignore what the court of arbitration for sports has decided and i think nations would probably say we don't want the i.o.c. making arbitrary decisions that what may one day affect our athletes international sports community and member nations really need to get together and create a body that can enforce rules fairly and across the board equally because we do not have that right now. well earlier the i.o.c. issued stricter rules regarding closing for russian athletes as they are only allowed to compete on the a neutral slant a uniform should bear the words and then pick athlete from russia or leave radiation. and any color combination should not represent russia's trickle or of red white and blue russian flags on the whole lot. and a russian design company is showing its support for the athletes along with a touch of humor they've launched a line of t. shirts carrying a pun on the acronym. design and dmitri finished off things the band is political and wan

of them have been banned for doping some haven't had those bonds overturned by the cast of the i.o.c. has maintained all along that it was up to it to decide who was allowed to compete and who would get an invite and as we're going to hear now sumi cass agreed with that decision. the cas arbitrators have considered that the process created by the i.o.c. to establish an invitation list of russian at leeds to compete as olympic athletes from russia could not be described as a sanction but rather as an eligibility decision. so jonathan this is a big story that we've been talking about in the lead up to the olympics but the opening ceremony is set to start in about an hour's time what can we expect i think we can expect politics pageantry and people trying to keep politics the u.s. vice president might pence is going to be in attendance as we heard kim jong un the sister from north korea is going to be there as well and it's going to be significant these games because north and south korea going to be marching together under a unified korean flag at us the first time since two thousand and si