Klishina relieved to compete, qualify for Olympic final (Yahoo Sports)

Darya Klishina, the only person from her country allowed to compete in the sport at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, jumped 6.64 meters Tuesday to finish in eighth place in the preliminary round. ”I have big support from the girls,” said Klishina, who will jump again on Wednesday in the final. With the rest of what would have been a 68-person Russian track team banned because of the country’s doping scandal, the Florida-based Klishina was allowed to compete because her training in the United States in recent years meant she was free of any state-sponsored Russian doping program.