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Russian athletes watch fateful IOC announcement of blanket ban of national team (VIDEO)
A picture is worth a thousand words in depicting human emotions. In the case of the Russian National Team, who gathered in Davos Tuesday to watch live the IOC ban, their faces betrayed only one emotion – bitter disappointment.
Grinding their fingers and visibly anxious, members of Russia's sporting elite were captured live, apprehensive as they awaited the IOC decision, hoping for a last minute miracle, which, alas, did not come.
Dreams of uniting and competing under the national flag were shattered in an instant, as the International Olympic Committee (IOC) declared Russia guilty of alleged state-sponsored doping and banned the Russian Olympic Committee from competing in the upcoming Winter Olympics in PyeongChang, South Korea.
Furious and disappointed over the decision, some athletes left as soon as they heard the IOC announcement that they might have a chance to compete under a neutral flag. Others athletes looked stone faced over the shocking news they just heard.
‘The murder of our national sport’: Russian athletes forced to compete under neutral flag
