IOC members reject ‘nuclear option’, bash anti-doping agency (Yahoo Sports)

IOC President Thomas Bach lashed out Tuesday against those calling for the ”nuclear option”’ – a complete ban on Russian athletes from the Rio de Janeiro Games – as he and other members blamed global anti-doping officials for a scandal that has rattled the Olympic movement. Bach opened the International Olympic Committee’s three-day general assembly by seeking formal backing of the members for the executive board’s handling of the Russian doping scandal. After a debate lasting more than two hours, Bach asked for a show of hands, and only one of the 85 members – Britain’s Adam Pengilly -voted against his position.