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SPORTS
East Oregonian
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
Olympics
IOC explores legal options on banning all Russians
In this June
20, 2015 ile
photo, Aliya
Mustaina
of Russia
competes
during the
women’s
uneven
bars event
at the 2015
European
Games in
Baku, Azer-
baijan.
By STEPHEN WILSON
Associated Press
LONDON — With just
over two weeks until the
opening ceremony, Russia
still doesn’t know whether
its athletes — all or even
some — will be competing
in the Olympics in Rio de
Janeiro. It may all come
down to the lawyers.
While the IOC decided
Tuesday to ban from the Rio
Games all Russian Sports
Ministry oficials and other
administrators implicated
in allegations of a state-run
doping program, it delayed
a ruling on whether to take
the unprecedented step of
barring the entire Russian
Olympic team.
The
International
Olympic Committee said
it “will explore the legal
options with regard to a
collective ban of all Russian
athletes for the Olympic
Games 2016 versus the
rights to individual justice.”
The IOC has also said it
could let individual inter-
national sports federations
decide on whether to ban
Russians from their events
in Rio, just as the IAAF
has done by ruling track
and ield athletes from the
games. The 28 international
federations that govern
AP Photo/Dmitry
Lovetsky
the individual sports at
the summer games have
made clear that they do not
support a blanket ban,
The IOC’s legal options
may become clearer after
Thursday, when the highest
court in sports will rule on
an appeal by 68 Russian
track and ield athletes
seeking to overturn their
ban from the games.
Two-time Olympic pole
vault champion Yelena
Isinbayeva was among
those arguing the Russian
track and ield team’s case
Tuesday in Geneva at the
Court of Arbitration for
Sport. Should the court rule
Thursday in their favor,
it would seemingly rule
out the chance of the IOC
imposing a blanket ban.
If the court upholds the
IAAF’s exclusion of the
track athletes, however,
that would keep the possi-
bility of a total ban in play.
Further appeals are also
possible, meaning that the
inal word on the Russians
may go down to the wire
before Aug. 5, when the Rio
games open.
Still, it will take a major
leap for the IOC to impose
the ultimate sanction of
kicking out Russia entirely.
IOC President Thomas
Bach has repeatedly called
for a balance between “indi-
vidual justice and collective
punishment.”
No country as a whole
has ever been barred from
the games for doping, and
Russia is a major force in
the Olympic movement as
well as a sports powerhouse.
The last time Russia was
missing from the Olympics
was when it boycotted the
1984 Los Angeles Games
in retaliation for the U.S.
boycott of the 1980 Moscow
Games following the Soviet
invasion of Afghanistan.
Russian President Vlad-
imir Putin called the doping
Phelps to captain US Swim Team
SAN ANTONIO (AP) —
Michael Phelps is in unfamiliar
waters as he heads to his ifth
Olympics. He’s been chosen
as a captain of the U.S. men’s
swimming team for the irst
time.
Phelps was voted in by his
teammates, along with veteran
sprinters Nathan Adrian and
Anthony Ervin. Phelps owns
a record 22 Olympic medals,
including 18 golds. Adrian and
Ervin are three-time Olym-
pians, while Phelps’
month, Phelps noted
ifth Olympic berth is
he had never been
the most for a U.S. male
chosen captain by his
swimmer.
teammates.
Serving as captains
“I guess no one likes
for the women’s team
me that much on the
will
be
Cammile
team,” he joked. “I just
Adams,
Elizabeth
want to be able to help
Beisel and Allison Phelps
some of the younger
Schmitt. Adams is a
guys. Just being able
two-time Olympian. Beisel to help them just kind of stay
and Schmitt are competing in in their relaxed zone, not get
their third games.
worked up because it’s the
During the U.S. trials this Olympics.”
allegations “a dangerous
return to ... letting politics
interfere with sport.”
“The Olympic move-
ment, which is a tremendous
force for uniting humanity,
once again could ind itself
on the brink of division,” he
said in a statement Monday
after the release of the report
into Russian doping issued
by Canadian lawyer Richard
McLaren.
The 15-member IOC
executive board met by
teleconference
Tuesday
to consider its moves
following McLaren’s report.
The report, commis-
sioned by the World Anti-
Doping Agency, accused
the Russian Sports Ministry,
headed by Vitaly Mutko,
of overseeing the doping
of the country’s Olympic
athletes on a scale larger
than previous alleged. It
said the ministry had help
from Russia’s intelligence
service, the FSB.
The investigation uncov-
ered an alleged doping
program that ensnared 28
sports, both summer and
winter, and ran from 2011 to
2015. It found 312 positive
tests that Russia’s deputy
minister of sport directed
lab workers not to report to
WADA.
Mutko on Tuesday denied
all wrongdoing and said he
expected his subordinates to
be cleared. But addressing
the ban by the IOC of
Russian sports administra-
tors, he said he was ready
to accept it because “we
have always been guests at
the Olympics,” and that the
important issue was that the
Russian Olympic team go to
the games.
McLaren’s
report
also conirmed details of
state-supported
doping
that subverted the testing
at the 2014 Winter Games
in Sochi. That included
allegations by Moscow’s
former lab director, Grigory
Rodchenkov, that dirty urine
samples of Russian athletes
— including medalists —
were swapped out for clean
ones in covert middle-of-
the-night operations at the
Sochi lab.
WADA and its president,
Craig Reedie, urged the
IOC to consider a total ban
on Russia. Reedie, who is
also an IOC vice president,
presented details of the
McLaren report to the
executive board Tuesday
and answered questions
about it, before Bach asked
him to recuse himself from
the meeting because of a
“conlict of interest.”
MARINERS: King Felix starts
today for irst time since May 27
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in 17 starts for the season.
TRAINER’S ROOM
White Sox: C Alex Avila (hamstring)
has started his rehab assignment with
Triple-A Charlotte. Avila was 1 for 2 with
a double on Tuesday.
Mariners: SS Ketel Marte was out
of the lineup for the second straight day
with illness. Manager Scott Servais was
hopeful Marte would be able to get back
in the lineup on Wednesday.
UP NEXT
White Sox: Miguel Gonzalez (2-5)
makes his 14th start of the season.
Gonzalez is just 1-2 over his last three
starts but has a 2.25 ERA during that
time.
Mariners: Felix Hernandez (4-4)
makes his irst start since May 27 after
landing on the DL with a calf injury.
Hernandez had two rehab starts in the
minors before returning to the rotation.
SOCCER: Only 20,000 tickets have been sold for the match as of Monday
Continued from 1B
to play good and try to win
the game,” left-back Senna
Miangue said.
“It’s very important to get
good results because good
results give us conidence. So
we’ll do whatever we can to
win the games and certainly
play well. … I feel very
honored to be here.”
The Ducks have sold
out 110 consecutive games
at Autzen Stadium. ICC
organizers had hoped for a
sellout when the Milan-Paris
Saint-Germain match was
announced in March, but
as as of Monday only about
20,000 tickets had been sold.
“It has been slower
than expected,” said Bruce
Bundrant, the chief commer-
cial oficer of Relevent
Sports, the promotional
company for the ICC. “We’d
like to get the number up to
25- to 30,000 this week.”
The ICC hosted the
DUCKS: Allen still plans
on playing football in 2016
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during the Ducks’ dominant
victory over Florida State
on Jan. 1, 2015, at the Rose
Bowl couldn’t dash.
“I’m excited for him,”
running back Royce Freeman
said. “Especially after his
injury, it’s well-deserved. He
worked hard to accomplish
that, and I really couldn’t
think of anybody more
deserving than that guy after
his injury.”
Allen caught a team-high
seven touchdowns during
Marcus Mariota’s Heisman
season in 2014. He watched
helplessly on crutches as the
Ducks lost the national title
game to Ohio State 11 days
after his serious knee injury.
During the 2015 season,
Allen only had nine catches
for 94 yards with no touch-
downs in 12 games.
After sitting out of spring
practice to focus on track,
the world-class speed and
ability to deliver clutch
performances in the spotlight
returned.
“We have a lot of very
unrealistic discussions in
recruiting
sometimes,”
Helfrich said on Allen’s drive
to be great. “Just the distinct,
viable, tangible possibility
of playing in the NFL and
participating in the Olympic
Games was something, from
day one, the guy had a plan
and then a willingness and a
desire to see it through.
“It has just been unbeliev-
able.”
Allen has been an inspi-
ration for the Ducks as they
prepare for the start of fall
camp on Aug. 8 without him.
“When I transferred from
Cal, he was one of the irst
guys to reach out to me,”
linebacker Johnny Ragin
said. “It has been awesome
to see him do well. He trains
hard, he works hard and he
deserves all the success that
he’s getting. I talked to him
the week leading up to the
Trials. He was still in the
weight room working out
with us and stuff. He was
getting a little workout in.
“It’s funny because we all
had like little bullet points
on our workout (goals). His
was: Olympic Trials, get to
Rio.”
Allen has said he plans to
play football at Oregon this
season.
“It is the biggest excuse
and the longest excuse, the
most eventful excuse, to miss
fall camp I’ve ever seen,”
Helfrich quipped. “And we’ll
give him a couple days off.”
Of course, Allen’s athletic
and inancial outlook could
all change, depending on
what happens in Brazil and
the doors the Olympics
might open for the new face
of American hurdling.
“If a guy leaves the
program for all the right
reasons, awesome,” Helfrich
said. “If that comes — I don’t
know whether it’s endorse-
ments or all the other things
that go along with that, if
it’s what is right and what
is best, great. If it’s not, then
we’ll have that continual
discussion. …
“As far as his long-term
future, it’s to be determined.
His focus and our focus is
him winning the gold medal,
and we’ll igure it out from
there.”
largest attended soccer match
in U.S. history in 2014 when
109,318 fans watched Real
Madrid and Manchester
United play at Michigan
Stadium.
“I’ve never seen the
stadium, but I’ve heard it is
good,” Inter Milan striker
Stevan Jovetic said of Autzen
Stadium. “I hope the atmo-
sphere is going to be great
and the stadium is going to
be full and the people are
going to enjoy it.”
Inter Milan will also play
friendlies against Real Salt
Lake of the MLS on Tuesday
in Salt Lake City and
Estudiantes de La Plata of
Argentina’s Primera Division
on July 27 in Harrison, N.J.
The team’s American tour
concludes with an ICC match
against Bayern Munich on
July 30 in Charlotte, N.C.
“To play against great
teams, it’s going to be difi-
cult, but it’s better to play
against good teams,” Jovetic
said. “We hope that fans
come to the stadium and that
we do well. (PSG) are a great
team, they show it every
year. I think it’s going to be a
great match, they have great
players.”
Paris
Saint-Germain
will also play ICC matches
against Real Madrid on July
27 in Columbus, Ohio, and
Leicester City on July 30 in
Carson, Calif.
The 10-team tournament
begins Saturday and inishes
on Aug. 13 with matches in
North America, Australia
and China. Each team will
play three matches and the
club with the most points
(three for regulation win,
two for shootout winner, one
for shootout loser) at the end
of the tournament will be
crowned champion.
In the ICC’s four-year
history,
Real
Madrid,
Manchester United and Paris
Saint-Germain have all won
the tournament.
SCOREBOARD
Baseball
MLB
AMERICAN LEAGUE
East Division
W
L Pct GB
Baltimore
53 39 .576 —
Boston
52 39 .571 ½
Toronto
53 42 .558 1½
New York
47 46 .505 6½
Tampa Bay
36 57 .387 17½
Central Division W
L Pct GB
Cleveland
55 38 .591 —
Detroit
49 45 .521 6½
Kansas City
47 46 .505
8
Chicago
46 47 .495
9
Minnesota
34 59 .366 21
West Division
W
L Pct GB
Texas
55 40 .579 —
Houston
50 44 .532 4½
Seattle
47 47 .500 7½
Los Angeles
42 52 .447 12½
Oakland
42 52 .447 12½
———
Tuesday’s Games
N.Y. Yankees 7, Baltimore 1
Boston 4, San Francisco 0
Minnesota 6, Detroit 2
Cleveland 7, Kansas City 3
Tampa Bay 10, Colorado 1
Toronto 5, Arizona 1
Oakland 4, Houston 3, 10 innings
L.A. Angels 8, Texas 6
Chicago White Sox 6, Seattle 1
Today’s Games
Minnesota (Santana 3-8) at Detroit
(Verlander 9-6), 10:10 a.m.
Cleveland (Carrasco 6-3) at Kansas City
(Kennedy 6-7), 11:15 a.m.
Tampa Bay (Archer 4-13) at Colorado (De
La Rosa 6-6), 12:10 p.m.
Houston (Fister 9-6) at Oakland (Meng-
den 1-4), 12:35 p.m.
Chicago White Sox (Gonzalez 2-5) at
Seattle (Hernandez 4-4), 12:40 p.m.
Toronto (Stroman 7-4) at Arizona (Corbin
4-8), 12:40 p.m.
Baltimore (Gallardo 3-1) at N.Y. Yankees
(Pineda 3-9), 4:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Cain 1-5) at Boston
(Pomeranz 8-7), 4:10 p.m.
Texas (Perez 7-6) at L.A. Angels (Santia-
go 7-4), 7:05 p.m.
NATIONAL LEAGUE
East Division
W
L Pct GB
Washington
56 38 .596 —
Miami
51 42 .548 4½
New York
50 43 .538 5½
Philadelphia
43 52 .453 13½
Atlanta
33 61 .351 23
Central Division W
L Pct GB
Chicago
56 37 .602 —
St. Louis
48 44 .522 7½
Pittsburgh
48 45 .516
8
Milwaukee
39 52 .429 16
Cincinnati
35 59 .372 21½
West Division
W
L Pct GB
San Francisco
57 37 .606 —
Los Angeles
53 42 .558 4½
Colorado
43 50 .462 13½
San Diego
41 52 .441 15½
Arizona
40 54 .426 17
———
Tuesday’s Games
L.A. Dodgers 8, Washington 4
Miami 2, Philadelphia 1, 10 innings
N.Y. Mets 2, Chicago Cubs 1
Pittsburgh 3, Milwaukee 2
Atlanta 5, Cincinnati 4, 11 innings
Boston 4, San Francisco 0
San Diego at St. Louis, ppd.
Tampa Bay 10, Colorado 1
Toronto 5, Arizona 1
Today’s Games
Atlanta (Harrell 1-1) at Cincinnati (DeScla-
fani 4-0), 9:35 a.m.
San Diego (Rea 5-3) at St. Louis (Marti-
nez 8-6), 11:15 a.m., 1st game
N.Y. Mets (Colon 8-4) at Chicago Cubs
(Hendricks 8-6), 11:20 a.m.
Tampa Bay (Archer 4-13) at Colorado (De
La Rosa 6-6), 12:10 p.m.
Toronto (Stroman 7-4) at Arizona (Corbin
4-8), 12:40 p.m.
L.A. Dodgers (Norris 5-7) at Washington
(Gonzalez 5-8), 4:05 p.m.
Miami (Chen 5-3) at Philadelphia (Hellick-
son 6-7), 4:05 p.m.
Milwaukee (Anderson 4-10) at Pittsburgh
(Locke 8-5), 4:05 p.m.
San Francisco (Cain 1-5) at Boston
(Pomeranz 8-7), 4:10 p.m.
San Diego (Clemens 1-0) at St. Louis
(Garcia 6-6), 5:15 p.m., 2nd game
MiLB
NORTHWEST LEAGUE
North Division
W L Pct.
Tri-City (Padres)
16 16 .500
Everett (Mariners) 16 16 .500
Vancouver (Blue Jays) 16 16 .500
Spokane (Rangers) 15 17 .469
South Division
W L Pct.
Eugene (Cubs)
22 10 .688
Hillsboro (Dbacks) 16 16 .500
Salem-Keizer (Giants) 14 18 .437
Boise (Rockies)
13 19 .406
———
Tuesday’s Games
Tri-City 8, Everett 6
Vancouver 1, Spokane 0
Boise 6, Salem-Keizer 3
Hillsboro 8, Eugene 2
Today’s Games
Vancouver at Spokane, 6:30 p.m.
Boise at Salem-Keizer, 6:35 p.m.
Hillsboro at Eugene, 7:05 p.m.
Tri-City at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Soccer
GB
—
—
—
1
GB
—
5½
8
8½
Cycling
Tour de France
Tuesdsay (Rest Day)
At Bern, Switzerland
Overall Leaders
(After 16 stages)
1. Chris Froome, Britain, Sky, 72 hours,
40 minutes, 38 seconds.
2. Bauke Mollema, Netherlands, Trek-Se-
gafredo, 1 minute, 47 seconds behind.
3. Adam Yates, Britain, Orica-BikeEx-
change, 2:45.
4. Nairo Quintana, Colombia, Movistar,
2:59.
5. Alejandro Valverde, Spain, Movistar,
3:17.
6. Romain Bardet, France, AG2R La
Mondiale, 4:04.
7. Richie Porte, Australia, BMC Racing,
4:27.
8. Tejay Van Garderen, United States,
BMC Racing, 4:47.
9. Daniel Martin, Ireland, Etixx-Quick-
Step, 5:03.
WEDNESDAY — Stage 17: A 114.6-
mile ride from Bern to the mountains of
Finhaut-Emosson, Switzerland, with a
Category 1 climb to the Col de la Forclaz
followed by an “Hors categorie” inish at
Finhaut.
Basketball
WNBA
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W
L
New York
17
7
Atlanta
12 11
Chicago
11 12
Indiana
11 12
Washington
9 13
Connecticut
6 16
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W
L Pct GB
Los Angeles
20
3 .870 —
Minnesota
19
4 .826
1
Phoenix
10 14 .417 10½
Dallas
9 14 .391 11
Seattle
8 14 .364 11½
San Antonio
5 17 .227 14½
———
Tuesday’s Games
Indiana 92, Los Angeles 82
Chicago 79, Phoenix 77
Today’s Games
New York at Washington, 8:30 a.m.
Connecticut at Dallas, 9:30 a.m.
Atlanta at Minnesota, 10 a.m.
San Antonio at Seattle, Noon
MLS
EASTERN CONFERENCE
W L
T Pts
NYC FC
9 6
6 33
Philadelphia 8 6
6 30
New York
8 9
4 28
Montreal
6 5
8 26
Toronto FC 6 7
6 24
New England 5 7
8 23
D.C. United 5 7
7 22
Orlando City 4 5 10 22
Columbus
3 7
9 18
Chicago
4 9
5 17
GF
34
34
32
30
21
26
18
30
24
17
GA
35
28
27
29
22
33
21
33
30
24
WESTERN CONFERENCE
W L
T Pts GF GA
FC Dallas
12 6
4 40 34 30
Colorado
10 2
7 37 22 13
Los Angeles 8 3
8 32 32 18
Real Salt Lake 8 6
6 30 29 30
Vancouver
8 8
5 29 33 35
Portland
7 6
8 29 32 31
Sporting KC 8 10
4 28 24 25
San Jose
6 6
7 25 21 22
Seattle
6 11
2 20 20 24
Houston
4 9
6 18 23 26
NOTE: Three points for victory, one point
for tie.
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Friday’s Game
San Jose at Real Salt Lake, 8 p.m.
Motorsports
NASCAR Sprint Cup
Schedule
July 24 — ‘Your Hero’s Name Here’ 400,
Speedway, Ind. (TV: NBCSN)
Points Standings
(Through July 17)
1. Kevin Harvick, 636
2. Brad Keselowski, 622
3. Kurt Busch, 602
4. Carl Edwards, 587
5. Joey Logano, 571
6. Kyle Busch, 556
7. Martin Truex Jr, 540
8. Matt Kenseth, 521
9. Jimmie Johnson, 514
10. Denny Hamlin, 505
11. Chase Elliott, 499
12. Ryan Newman, 497
13. Austin Dillon, 488
14. Jamie McMurray, 474
15. Dale Earnhardt Jr., 461
Rodeo
Pct GB
.708 —
.522 4½
.478 5½
.478 5½
.409
7
.273 10
PRCA Standings
Through July 17
All-around
1. Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, Okla.
$69,029
2. Josh Peek, Pueblo, Colo. $65,174
3. Russell Cardoza, Terrebonne, Ore.
$63,680
4. Dustin Bird, Cut Bank, Mont. $61,628
5. Clayton Hass, Terrell, Texas $58,645
Bareback Riding
1. Tim O’Connell, Zwingle, Iowa $87,681
2. Caleb Bennett, Tremonton, Utah
$83,630
3. Orin Larsen, Inglis, Manitoba $76,823
4. Tanner Aus, Granite Falls, Minn.
$75,656
5. R.C. Landingham, Hat Creek, Calif.
$68,579
Steer Wrestling
1. Jason Thomas, Benton, Ark. $57,588
2. Ty Erickson, Helena, Mont. $56,406
3. Clayton Hass, Terrell, Texas $52,321
4. Tyler Waguespack, Gonzales, La.
$50,847
5. Matt Reeves, Cross Plains, Texas
$46,850
Team Roping (header)
1. Luke Brown, Stephenville, Texas
$71,142
2. Clay Smith, Broken Bow, Okla.
$64,477
3. Kolton Schmidt, Barrhead, Alberta
$63,115
4. Riley Minor, Ellensburg, Wash.
$54,876
5. Dustin Bird, Cut Bank, Mont. $54,546
Team Roping (heeler)
1. Jake Long, Coffeyville, Kan. $67,797
2. Paul Eaves, Lonedell, Mo. $65,766
3. Russell Cardoza, Terrebonne, Ore.
$54,613
4. Brady Minor, Ellensburg, Wash.
$53,368
5. Wesley Thorp, Stephenville, Texas
$53,275
Saddle Bronc Riding
1. Jacobs Crawley, Boerne, Texas
$99,913
2. Rusty Wright, Milford, Utah $87,695
3. CoBurn Bradshaw, Beaver, Utah
$82,069
4. Allen Boore, Axtell, Utah $61,225
5. Jake Wright, Milford, Utah $60,809
Tie-down Roping
1. Hunter Herrin, Apache, Okla. $74,134
2. Marcos Costa, Childress, Texas
$62,550
3. Timber Moore, Aubrey, Texas $60,394
4. Ryan Jarrett, Comanche, Okla.
$53,207
5. Shane Hanchey, Sulphur, La. $51,897
Steer Roping
1. J. Tom Fisher, Andrews, Texas $49,757
2. Rocky Patterson, Pratt, Kan. $48,320
3. Chet Herren, Pawhuska, Okla.
$36,880
4. Scott Snedecor, Fredericksburg, Texas
$34,783
5. Jason Evans, Glen Rose, Texas
$34,103
Bull Riding
1. Sage Kimzey, Strong City, Okla.
$88,882
2. Scottie Knapp, Albuquerque, N.M.
$66,880
3. Joe Frost, Randlett, Utah $62,869
4. Jeff Askey, Athens, Texas $62,686
5. Cody Rostockyj, Lorena, Texas
$59,863
Barrel Racing
1. Mary Burger, Pauls Valley, Okla.
$170,979
2. Ivy Conrado, Hudson, Colo. $89,921
3. Mary Walker, Ennis, Texas $87,158
4. Jackie Ganter, Abilene, Texas $84,751
5. Michele McLeod, Whitesboro, Texas
$77,302