USA Today · Aug 15, 2016
The Latest: Russia to hear next week about Paralympics
(Photo: The Associated Press)RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — The Latest on the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro (all times local):
12:05 p.m.
Russia will find out early next week whether it can compete at the Rio Paralympics after filing an appeal against its ban with the Court of Arbitration for Sport.
Russia was banned from the games by the International Paralympic Committee last month when IPC president Philip Craven said evidence of mass doping cover-ups in Russia showed a "medals over morals" mentality incompatible with the games.
The Russian Paralympic Committee said it filed a formal appeal Monday and expected the hearing at CAS to take place Sunday with a decision by midnight Aug. 22.