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Russian Badminton Team Cleared to Compete in Olympics - NBFR

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Russian Badminton Team Cleared to Compete in Olympics - NBFR

11:57 GMT 26.07.2016 (Updated: 12:05 GMT 26.07.2016)

A woman walks past Olympic rings placed at the entrance of a office building ahead of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 19, 2016. - Sputnik International

The National Badminton Federation of Russia (NBFR) said Tuesday it had been informed by the world badminton federation clearing its athletes to compete at the Rio Olympics next month.

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Five Russian Canoe Sprint Athletes Banned From Rio Olympics

26 July 2016, 09:38 GMT

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – The International Olympic Committee's (IOC) Sunday ruling delegated the decision whether to ban Russian athletes compete at the August 5-21 games to individual international federations.

"Today the NBFR received a letter from BWF [Badminton World Federation] Secretary General Thomas Lund on the fact that the federation sent confirmation to the IOC of qualified Russian players’ participation at the Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro," the NBFR said in a statement.