charged with the responsibility of determining who is clean and who is not as the ioc president thomas bachis is a special measure because the ioc has such little faith in the testing programs in russia and kenya. and i repeat, there is barely a month left to get this all sorted out. in addition, the ioc has supported the iaaf stance on the track and field ban for russia, but says that any of those athletes who can prove that they are clean through the court of arbitration for sport will be allowed to compete in rio. they say they'll be allowed to compete under the russian flag, which is contrary to the iaaf's position last week. there was also talk that a furious russia would consider a total boycott of the games in rio. but the russian news agency is quoting russia's olympic chief as saying this won't happen. however, they may consider legal action. the official response from the russian ministry of sport is this. they say, quote, we have long stated that individual athletes in russia are willing to demonstrate their innocence and prove they are clean. our olympians are ready to go over a