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More Russian bobsledders banned by IOC

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Three more Russian men’s bobsledders were retroactively disqualified from the Sochi Winter Games and banned from the Olympics for life, the IOC said Wednesday.

Aleksandr Kasjanov, Aleksey Pushkarev and Ilvir Khuzin were punished as part of IOC investigations into reports of widespread Russian doping leading up to and during the Sochi Olympics.

That makes 22 total Russians banned from Sochi and from the Olympics for life by the IOC. Eleven of Russia’s Sochi Games-leading 33 medals have been stripped.

The IOC is set to announce its decision Tuesday on Russia’s participation in the PyeongChang Olympics.