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Russia's Vladimir Nikitin, left, fights Ireland's Michael John Conlan during a men's bantamweight 56-kg quarterfinals boxing match at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2016. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) **FILE**

Probe finds ‘complicit’ officials fixed boxing bouts at 2016 Olympics

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FILE - In this Friday Dec. 9, 2016 file photo, World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren speaks during a press conference in London. An investigation into the International Weightlifting Federation has found doping cover-ups and millions of dollars in missing money, lead investigator Richard McLaren said Thursday June 4, 2020. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, file)

Investigation finds doping cover-ups in weightlifting

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

Russia investigator McLaren to lead probe of weightlifting

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE- In this Friday Dec. 9, 2016 file photo, World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren speaks during a press conference in London. The Canadian lawyer who investigated the state-backed doping scheme by Russia when it hosted the 2014 Winter Olympics said in an interview with the Associated Press that the World Anti-Doping Agency rushed into accepting a bad deal by reinstating the country's drug-testing program. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth, File)

WADA investigator says the agency got a bad deal from Russia

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Craig Reedie, world anti-doping agency (WADA) President, delivers his speech during the opening day of the 2018 WADA annual symposium, at the Swiss Tech Convention Center, in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Wednesday March 21, 2018. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)

Russia stuck in stalemate with WADA after doping scandal

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Russian athletes vote with their ballots during an Russian Olympic committee meeting in Moscow, Russia, Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2017. Russia's Olympic Committee said on Tuesday that Russian athletes are overwhelmingly in favor of competing at the 2018 Winter Games despite a ban on the national team. (AP Photo/Ivan Sekretarev)

WADA shares Moscow lab evidence with Olympic sports bodies

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this Dec. 1, 2017 file photo FIFA president Gianni Infantino, right, and Vitaly Mutko, Russian Federation Deputy Prime Minister &amp; Local Organising Committee Chairman attend the 2018 soccer World Cup draw in the Kremlin in Moscow. On Tuesday, Dec. 5, 2017 IOC imposed a lifetime Olympic ban on Mutko. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, file)

FIFA awaits new evidence next week on Russian doping cases

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday, Feb. 15, 2014, Sergei Chudinov of Russia during the men's skeleton competition at the 2014 Winter Olympics, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. Sergei Chudinov placed fifth in skeleton at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics, but has failed a doping test and according to an IOC statement issued Monday Nov. 27, 2017, Chudinov is banned from all future Olympics. (AP Photo/Dita Alangkara, FILE)

Sochi investigator says Russian denials risk tougher penalty

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

World Anti-Doping Agency or WADA, President Craig Reedie gestures during a press conference following the WADA's foundation board meeting in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, Nov. 16, 2017. The World Anti-Doping Agency hurt Russia's hopes of competing at next year's Winter Olympics by refusing to reinstate the country's suspended anti-doping operation. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

Russian Olympic hopes in peril after drug agency criticism

By JOHN DUERDEN - Associated Press

FILE- In this Sunday, Feb. 23, 2014 file photo, Russia's gold medal winner Alexander Legkov gestures to the crowd during the flower ceremony of the men's 50K cross-country race at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia. The International Olympic Committee said Wednesday, Nov. 1st, 2017, cross-country skier Alexander Legkov has been disqualified from all his events at Sochi. Legkov won an individual gold medal and relay silver. (AP Photo/Gregorio Borgia, File)

Russian gold medalist disqualified for Sochi Olympics doping

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach, left, is escorted by South Korea's Prime Minister and acting President Hwang Kyo-ahn for a meeting in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 14, 2017. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

IOC president Bach to meet with Russia doping investigator

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

Pavel Kolobkov, Russian Sport Minister, delivers his speech during the opening day of the 2017 world anti-doping agency, WADA, annual symposium, at the Swiss Tech Convention Center, in Lausanne, Switzerland, on Monday March 13, 2017. (Valentin Flauraud/Keystone via AP)

Russian doping investigator McLaren hits back at critics

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

WADA: Hard to secure bans for many Russians in doping cases

Associated Press

Russia loses biathlon, skating events over doping

By The Associated Press - Associated Press

FILE - In this pool photo taken on Friday, Nov. 25, 2016 Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, listens to FIFA President Gianni Infantino, center, as Vitaly Mutko, deputy premiership in charge of sport, tourism and youth policies, right, walks out during their meeting in the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. Players from Russia's under-21 national soccer team had suspicious drug-test samples covered up, emails released by a World Anti-Doping Agency investigation show. Another case in the Russian league was allegedly covered up by then-Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko, who is also in charge of the country's World Cup preparations. (Maxim Shipenkov/Pool Photo via AP)

Russia accused of doping cover-up in national soccer teams

By JAMES ELLINGWORTH - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee (IOC) president German Thomas Bach speaks during a media round table on the eve of an executive board meeting at the IOC headquarters, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Monday, Dec. 7, 2015. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

IOC president Bach wants life bans for proven Russian cheats

By GRAHAM DUNBAR - Associated Press

International Olympic Committee, IOC, President Thomas Bach, center, speaks with IOC members Angela Ruggiero, right, of the US and Ser Miang Ng, left, of Singapore at the opening of the first day of the executive board meeting of the IOC, in Lausanne, Switzerland, Tuesday, Dec. 6, 2016. (Laurent Gillieron/Keystone via AP)

IOC extends provisional measures against Russia

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press

Russia approves anti-doping law targeting coaches

Associated Press

Report into Russian doping pushed back to December

Associated Press

FILE - In this Thursday, Jan. 14, 2016 file photo, legal counsel Richard H. McLaren speaks as WADA's (World Anti-Doping Agency) Independent Commission (IC) presents the findings of his Commission's Report surrounding allegations of doping in sport, during a press conference in Munich, Germany. Canadian lawyer Richard McLaren will hold a news conference in Toronto on Monday July 18, 2016, to present the findings of his probe into alleged manipulation of doping samples in Russia. (AP Photo/Kerstin Joensson, File)

Split deepens between IOC and anti-doping leaders on Russia

By STEPHEN WILSON - Associated Press