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The Latest: Judo clears all 11 Russians to compete in Rio

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):

11 a.m.

The International Judo Federation has cleared all 11 Russian judo athletes to compete at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.

The federation said Thursday that four women and seven men were tested "many times" before the Olympics and are clean.

The women are Irina Dolgova, Natalia Kuziutina, Ekaterina Valkova and Ksenia Chibisova. The men are Beslan Mudranov, Mikhail Puliaev, Denis Iartcev, Khasan Khalmurzaev, Kirill Denisov, Tagir Khaibulaev and Renat Saidov.

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