Russian deputy PM Mutko wins Olympic doping appeal

[ASFN Admin]

Vitaly Mutko, who was Russia's Sports Minister during the doping-tainted Winter Olympics in Sochi, won an appeal on Thursday against his lifetime ban from the games. The Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled the International Olympic Committee didn't have the power to sanction Mutko in 2017 because he wasn't an athlete, coach or officially part of an Olympic delegation. CAS also didn't rule on whether the widespread doping in Russian sport was state-backed, or whether Mutko was responsible for it.

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