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The International Olympic Committee has opted not to impose a blanket ban on Russians competing in Rio de Janeiro next month. The IOC was considering the sanction in light of the latest report into state-sponsored Russian doping, and the Court of Arbitration for Sports decision to uphold a ban on 68 of the countrys track-and-field competitors.But it will now be down to individual sports federations to decide if their Russian members can go to Rio, although the IOC board has provided a list of criteria that must be met between now and the start of the Games on August 5. No athlete guilty of a previous doping offence will be allowed to compete, even if he or she has served the sanction. The head of cyclings governing body Brian Cookson backs the IOCs decision not to introduce a blanket ban on Russia at the upcoming Olympics And federations must carry out an individual analysis of each athletes anti-doping record, taking into account only reliable adequate international tests.All athletes cleared to compete must have their places upheld by an expert from CAS list of independent arbitrators and will then be subject to a rigorous additional out-of-competition testing programme.IOC president Thomas Bach defended the decision to open the door to some Russian participation, saying: Its fine to talk about collective responsibility, but at the end of the day you have to be able to look in the eyes of every athlete concerned. Russian sports minister Vitaly Mutko said he was grateful for the IOC decision And Russias sports minister Vitaly Mutko said: We are very grateful to the executive committee for the decision.We do realise the complexity of problem that faced the IOC when they got the report. We do understand the need to discuss the problem, but we are grateful that when the committee considered the right of each athlete they realised that those who are clean from doping have the right to participate.The World Anti-Doping Agency had led calls for a blanket ban this month after a report it commissioned uncovered evidence of systematic manipulation of urine samples at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.Russias anti-doping agency was already suspended in the wake of previous findings, and the International Association of Athletics Federations took the decision in November to ban the countrys track-and-field competitors from international action.Speaking after the IOC verdict, IAAF boss Seb Coe said his organisation was ready to advise other sports between now and Rio.We have created and been through the process, he said. We know how hard it is emotionally and rationally to get the process right. Yuliya Stepanova has been invited to the Rio Games but will not be allowed to compete Yuliya Stepanova, meanwhile, the 800m runner whose evidence first alerted the authorities to state-sponsored doping in Russia, has been told she cannot compete in Rio as a neutral athlete.The IOC board sought the advice of its Ethic Commission, which said the circumstances in which she denounced the doping practices which she had used herself, do not satisfy the ethical requirements for an athlete to enter the Olympic Games.As a Russian with a doping offence on her record, Stepanova would have fallen foul of the IOCs strict criteria in any case, although her role as a whistle-blower was recognised with an invitation to the Games.Furthermore, a statement said, the IOC is ready to support Mrs Stepanova so that she can continue her sports career and potentially join a National Olympic Committee.The decision to ban Stepanova was immediately branded incomprehensible by the United States Anti-Doping Agency, whose head Travis Tygart also said the call to hand responsibility to individual sports had left a confusing mess.The UK Governments sports minister Tracey Crouch said: While this is solely a decision for the IOC the scale of the evidence...arguably pointed to stronger sanctions. 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But you also have to have that balance and understand that you have long-term questions that also have to be answered.” Cue the familiar music: Same ol song and dance. As Bellefeuille, head coach Tim Burke, and acting general manager Kyle Walters spin their rosary beads, dig out the old rabbits foot and search the prairie sky for a shooting star hoping for a scenario that will bring an experienced and/or bona fide starting quarterback into the fold, the team is looking to work best with what they have. For now, thats Justin Goltz. “Its much simpler now with Marcels system, so I think hes just got to make sure he goes to the right side of the field with his reads, number one,” said Burke. “And then the other thing is to get his feet set ready to throw the ball. And I think that because its simpler for the quarterbacks, he knows right away where to go with the ball... Because it is simpler, that allows him to physically be better. Were hoping that translates well.” “I mean, really and truly hes basically in his rookie year. So it takes a little bit of time. A guy like Max (Hall), you probably dont need as much time to see him because he has a wealth of professional experience. And then a guy like Buck (Pierce), he just has to be healthy and go out and play his game. Everybody is a little bit different.” “I like what hes doing. Coach Bellefeuille has really helped clear some stuff up,” said Goltz of the new offence he has been working with since Gary Crowton was relieved of his coordinator duties two weeks ago. “I really like stepping up to the line of scrimmage and having a process, having clear-cut keys and directions to go with the football. It helps out as a quarterback being confident in where youre going with the football. And it helps out mechanic-wise, accuracy-wise when youre not second guessing yourself so I think its helped out quite a bit.” Burke is dealing with injuries at several positional areas, but most critically with his pivots..dddddddddddd With Hall not yet 100 per cent after injuring his throwing hand in Week 9 and Buck Pierce out indefinitely with a suspected upper-torso injury suffered in the same game, the team will put its troubled offence in the hands of the 26-year-old as they enter the rowdy Labour Day confines of Mosaic Stadium where the majority of the 44,910 in attendance will be wearing green and working hard to deafen the Blue and Gold attack. “Everybody on offence has got to help our quarterbacks out, regardless of who the quarterback is,” added Winnipegs bench boss. “The receivers have to run the right routes. They have to beat people. Saskatchewan plays a lot of man-to-man coverage so the receivers have to beat their DBs. Our offensive line has to block well to protect the quarterback and to get the running game going.” “The thing I told our defence is; our offence is struggling so weve got to go out there and weve got to keep us in games. Weve got to play well enough to be in the game at the end of the game when we have a chance for our offence to win it. And thats the way we were in 2011. We had a good start to the season going 7-1 and we were playing great defence and we were winning the turnover battles as a team, and thats what weve got to do.” Burke “fondly” remembers 2011 when the then 7-1 Bombers entered Regina to face the 1-7 Roughriders. And just two years later the tables have turned completely. Now, can the club sitting at 1-7 once again take both of the back-to-backs from the 7-1 club like they did before? Notes: This week Winnipeg made several additions to their roster, including a few ex-Ticats that former Hamilton head coach Marcel Bellefeuille is familiar with: receiver Aaron Kelly, quarterback Jason Boltus, and defensive end Greg Peach. The team also signed former NFL-standout receiver Mike Sims-Walker, and journeyman kicker Brody McKnight. To make room, the team cut kicker Justin Palardy, receiver Isaac Anderson, and defensive end Freddie Harris. Aaron Kelly will start at wideout this week in place of Doug Pierce, while Sims-Walker, Boltus, and Peach will back up... Quarterback Max Hall, whose throwing hand was severely swollen early this week, took two days of practice and hopes to be nearing full health come game time. He will be the No. 2 option... Slotback Cory Watson returns this week after missing nearly a month with a hamstring pull suffered in practice... Slotback Rory Kohlert will be out a couple weeks with an injured hamstring... 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