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All of them were taken outside Russia in the territory of the United States and were analyzed by the best US laboratories. &#8212;\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/tass.ru\/en\/sport\/892600\" target=\"_blank\">TASS<\/a><\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Russian sports minister,\u00a0<strong>Vitaly Mutko<\/strong>, later <a href=\"http:\/\/tass.ru\/en\/sport\/892671\" target=\"_blank\">joined the conversation<\/a> by expressing his pleasure with the decision, stating, &#8220;I am glad that a reasonable and fair decision was made on Efimova.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Vladimir Salknikov,\u00a0<\/strong>president of the Russian Swimming Federation, <a href=\"http:\/\/m.sputniknews.com\/sport\/20160805\/1043986537\/fina-efimova-swimmers-olympics.html\" target=\"_blank\">explained to R-Sport<\/a> today that &#8220;FINA [swimming&#8217;s governing body]\u00a0said that it supports the rights of\u00a0Efimova, <strong>Anastasia Krapivina, Mikhail Dovgaluk, Daria Ustinova<\/strong> and <strong>Nataliya Lovtsova<\/strong> to\u00a0being allowed to\u00a0take part in\u00a0the Games and has sent its recommendation to\u00a0CAS.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"http:\/\/tass.ru\/en\/sport\/892712\" target=\"_blank\">final decision<\/a> now rests with the IOC&#8217;s three-member review panel according to\u00a0<strong>Alexandra Brilliantova<\/strong>, lawyer of the Russian Olympic Committee, who noted &#8220;So far, no obstacles are seen.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Should Efimova be confirmed as cleared for competition she will swim in prelims of the women&#8217;s 100 breaststroke on Sunday, August 7th, although she is still missing from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/womens-psych-sheets-for-rio-olympics-released\/\" target=\"_blank\">psych sheets<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With less than 24 hours to go until competition the question as to whether Russian Olympian\u00a0Yuliya Efimova will be cleared to compete still remains. 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