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Drug-free Russian athlete branded "Enemy of the People of Russia" after Olympics allows her in
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...eutral-flag-at-the-olympics-branded-a-traitor
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...eutral-flag-at-the-olympics-branded-a-traitor
Russian athlete Darya Klishina has been widely criticised after she agreed to compete under a neutral flag at next month’s Olympics, a move which could make her one of Russia’s only track-and-field athletes not banned due to a national doping scandal.
Social media denounced the long jumper as a “traitor” after she thanked her sponsors and coaches for their support and expressed gratitude to the International Association of Athletics Federation (IAAF) for allowing her to compete.
The IAAF reportedly rejected bids from 67 Russian athletes who applied for individual dispensation to bypass the blanket ban imposed on Russia’s athletics team for massive “state-sponsored” doping, but found that the US-based Klishina could demonstrate she was clean.