Rio Olympics 2016: Russia fails to overturn athlete ban for next month’s Games BBC Yelena Isinbayeva, the 2012 Olympic pole-vault champion, was among the 68 athletes to appeal and may now be unable to defend her title in Rio A decision to ban Russian track and field athletes from Rio 2016 over the … Continue reading Rio Olympics 2016: Russia fails to overturn athlete ban for next month’s Games