Sole Russian Track and Field Athlete Cleared for Rio

RIO DE JANEIRO — An appeals court ruled early Monday morning that the Russian long jumper Darya Klishina should be allowed to compete in the Rio Games, overturning an 11th-hour decision by track and field’s world governing body.

Klishina will be the lone track and field athlete representing Russia in the Olympics. The track body has barred the rest of the team in the wake of revelations of an elaborate, state-sponsored doping program in Russia.

Three days before the long-jump event for which she was registered, Klishina’s eligibility was called into question in an eleventh-hour move by the track and field organization. Klishina was barred from the Games after an investigation found that a…