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Russia’s flag banned but national colors on Olympic uniforms

MOSCOW (AP) — The Russian flag is barred from the Olympics in a doping dispute. You wouldn’t know it to look at the Russian uniforms.

The International Olympic Committee told The Associated Press that Russian athletes in Tokyo will be allowed to wear a range of uniforms in national colors unveiled by models in a runway show in Moscow on Wednesday.

That unveiling show included polo shirts and jackets with white shoulders above thick bands of blue and red — the colors of the Russian flag, in the same order.

“You don’t really need to have a strong imagination.