The International Olympic Committee has confirmed that 271 Russian athletes have been cleared to take part in the Rio Olympics and 118 have been banned.
It's a victory for a nation that the independent World Anti-Doping Agency slammed for having what it called a state-sponsored doping program. Critics had called for the entire team to be banned to show that systematic cheating is unacceptable.
The Games begin on Friday.
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