Seven swimmers, three rowers, and five canoeists have joined the growing list of Russian athletes banned from the upcoming Rio Games because of doping allegations. Among those banned are 2012 Olympic canoeing champion Alexander Dyachenko, canoeist and Olympic bronze medalist Alexey Korovashkov, and swimmer and Olympic bronze medalist Yulia Efimova.
The decisions were announced by the three sports' respective governing bodies Monday, following the International Olympic Committee's decision Sunday not to issue a blanket ban on Russian athletes over the state-sponsored doping scandal. Instead, each sport's federation has been tasked with investigating its athletes to determine who was implicated in the World Anti-Doping Agency's investigation, which revealed Russian officials tampered with urine samples at the 2014 Sochi Olympics.
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