• As of 8 August 2016[update] 11,491 athletes were registered to compete at the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. All Olympic sports...
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  • athletes at the 2016 Summer Olympics with a prior doping offence Olympic Games scandals and controversies "Zika virus: Olympic venues to be inspected...
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    The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, and officially branded as Rio 2016, were an international multi-sport event...
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    Anti-Doping Code and recommended that Russia be banned from competing at the 2016 Summer Olympics. The International Olympic Commission (IOC) rejected the...
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  • involved in the implementation of the Russian doping program prior to the 2016 Summer Olympics. In 2008, seven Russian track and field athletes were suspended...
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  • covered up a culture of doping across many sports for decades. Doping of West German athletes was prevalent at the Munich Games of 1972, and at the 1976 Montreal...
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    The 2016 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXXI Olympiad, were held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, from 5 August 2016 to 21 August 2016...
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  • suspended the country's athletes from competition, including the 2016 Summer Olympics. Sport of athletics portal Doping at the Olympic Games List of doping cases...
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  • World Anti Doping Agency. 29 April 2024. Archived from the original on 2 May 2024. "As Paris Olympics approach, concerns continue after doping watchdog...
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    part of the Summer Olympics program since the second games, in 1900. A women's water polo tournament was introduced for the 2000 Summer Olympics. Hungary...
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    attend the Olympics but still sent their team to compete. List of stripped Olympic medals Campaign for a Scottish Olympic Team Doping at the Olympic Games...
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  • The 2016 Summer Olympics (Portuguese: Jogos Olímpicos de Verão de 2016), officially the Games of the XXXI Olympiad (Portuguese: Jogos da XXXI Olimpíada)...
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  • controversies in doping in baseball, doping in tennis, doping at the Olympic Games, and doping at the Tour de France, popular views among athletes have varied...
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    state-sponsored doping from 2011 to 2015. As a result of the report, many Russian athletes were barred from participating in the 2018 Winter Olympics. Despite...
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    Over 14,000 athletes competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and 2022 Winter Olympics combined, in 40 different sports and 448 events. The first-, second-...
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  • amended the Olympic Charter in June 2008 in order to bar athletes suspended for at least six months for a doping offence from competing at the Olympic Games...
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  • Although the rate of positive findings was lower than at the 2004 Summer Olympics, doping experts expressed concern due to advances in doping technology...
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  • The following is an incomplete list of doping cases and recurring accusations of doping in professional cycling, where doping means "use of physiological...
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    Sun Yang (category Swimmers at the 2016 Summer Olympics)
    the 2008 Summer Olympics. He finished 2nd in the 400 metre freestyle with a time of 3:49.34. At the Olympics, Sun, aged 16, finished 28th in the 400 metre...
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    Usain Bolt (category Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics)
    was stripped of the 2008 Olympics 4×100 metre title due to Nesta Carter's disqualification for doping offences. Bolt, who never failed a dope test, was quoted...
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  • ([viˈnisjus]; sometimes Vinícius) is the official mascot of the 2016 Summer Olympics, and Tom is the official mascot of the 2016 Summer Paralympics. Both events were...
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  • During the Parade of Nations within the Rio de Janeiro 2016 Summer Olympics opening ceremony, athletes and officials from each participating team marched...
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    The closing ceremony of the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 21 August 2016 from 20:00 to 22:50 BRT at the Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. As...
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    staged at the Olympic Games since 1920. The men's tournament was introduced at the 1920 Summer Olympics and was transferred permanently to the Winter...
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    Seema Punia (category Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics)
    represented India at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. List of sportspeople sanctioned for doping offences "Seema Antil". Athletes. Sports Reference...
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    participation at the London Olympics marked its eighth appearance in the Summer Olympic Games since its début at the 1984 Summer Olympics. The delegation...
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    Justin Gatlin (category Athletes (track and field) at the 2016 Summer Olympics)
    best of 9.74 seconds ranks fifth on the all-time list of male 100-meter athletes. He is a two-time 100 meters World Champion (2005 & 2017) and a two-time...
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    Valeriy Borchin (category Athletes (track and field) at the 2008 Summer Olympics)
    IAAF. Retrieved 2011-04-10. Athletes Sanctioned for a Doping Offence Committed During 2005 Archived 2012-07-07 at the Wayback Machine. IAAF (2005)....
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    for 2016 Summer Olympics and Paralympics on September 13, 2007, aiming to host the Games of the XXXI Olympiad. All of them were recognized by the International...
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  • excuse. List of athletes not attending the 2020 Summer Olympics due to COVID-19 concerns List of athletes not attending the 2022 Winter Olympics due to...
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