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Associated Press: Russian weightlifters banned from Rio Olympics

By Associated Press.
This file photo taken on February 23, 2014 shows an Olympic Games flag and a Russian flag waving during the closing ceremony of the winter Olympics in Sotchi.
Photo by ANDREJ ISAKOVIC / AFP

The International Weightlifting Federation has banned the Russian federation and all its weightlifters from the Rio Olympics.

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