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The release of a new documentary exploring the recent Russian doping scandal has stirred up old feelings of anger and frustration in Canadian Olympians Jesse Lumsden and Christine Girard. CBC | Sports News

Some are already calling Rio’s 2016 Olympic games the worst ever before the opening ceremony, which is next week. Where do we start? An athlete has already been kidnapped in Rio, drug dealers are selling Olympic branded cocaine and Zika virus fears are making many fans second guess coming to Brazil. Jason Lee, a jiu-jitsu athlete from New Zealand, tweeted ...

The Canadian Olympic Committee has announced Canada’s full 313-athlete team for the Rio Olympics. The large Canadian contingent is made up of 187 women and 126 men, ranging in age from 16 to 56. CBC | Sports News

Hayley Wickenheiser takes to Twitter alongside fellow Canadian athletes Jean-Luc Brassard, Adam van Koeverden and Catriona Le May Doan to voice their doubts on the IOC’s call to have individual sport federations determine whether Russian athletes are fit to compete at Rio 2016. CBC | Sports News

Russian athletes will not be completely banned from the Rio Olympics, following a decision by the International Olympic Committee’s executive board on Sunday. However, the Russian Olympic Committee has been barred from entering athletes who have ever been sanctioned for doping. CBC | Sports News