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The Latest: 3 Russian table tennis players cleared for Games

LONDON (AP) — The Latest on the Rio Games (all times local to Rio de Janeiro):

4:45 p.m.

The International Table Tennis Federation has cleared the three Russian table tennis players who qualified for the Rio de Janeiro Olympics to compete.

In a news release issued on Wednesday, the ITTF said its investigation included individual tests outside the Russian anti-doping system. Also, the ITTF said the World Anti-Doping Agency confirmed none of the qualified players were implicated in the McLaren report.

The table tennis players are Alexander Shibaev, Polina Mikhailova and Maria Dolgikh.

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