Three more Russian athletes file doping appeals – sport court
By Reuters
11 December 2017 |
6:58 pm
Three more Russian athletes -- champion biathlete Olga Zaytseva and cross country skiers Yulia Chekaleva and Anastasia Dotsenko - have appealed against their doping bans.
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