MOSCOW - Russian President Vladimir Putin hit out at "discrimination" against the country's banned track and field athletes at a Kremlin send-off ceremony on July 27 for its depleted Olympic team. Fencers and triathletes became the latest team of Russians to be cleared to compete in the Olympics by their sports' governing bodies ahead of the Moscow ceremony, but the IAAF rejected a bid by the bulk of the track and field team to be reinstated.
Associated Press: Putin slams discrimination as banned athletes join send-off
Members of Russia's Olympic team, the country's Olympic Committee (ROC) president Alexander Zhukov and Russian Orthodox Patriarch Kirill pose for a group photograph at Sobornaya Square in Moscow's Kremlin on July 27, 2016.
