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The Latest: Dick Pound calls IOC decision a 'cop-out'

The Latest on the Rio Games (all times local to Rio de Janiero):

2:14 p.m.

Former World Anti-Doping Agency president Dick Pound believes it was a "cop-out" by the IOC to leave the decision on participation of Russian athletes at the Rio Games to the global sports federations.

Pound is a senior IOC member and had been among the most vocal proponents of a total ban on Russia following allegations of state-organized doping.

Pound tells The Associated Press he wrote a personal letter last week to IOC President Thomas Bach saying "there is simply no alternative" to excluding the entire Russian team because of evidence of government involvement in doping.