Russian biathlete Yana Romanova, Olga Zaitseva and Olga Vilukhina (L-R) seen outside the Court of Arbitration for (CAS) headquarters holding appeal hearings for Russian biathletes Olga Zaitseva, Yana Romanova and Olga Vilukhina. On November 27, 2017, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) disqualified Zaitseva, Romanova Olga Vilukhina for life and also canceled their results at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics; the biathletes filed appeals against the IOC s sanctions. During the hearings, the biathletes lawyer Alexei Panich said that the signatures on the affidavits of former head of Russia s Anti-Doping Center Grigory Rodchenkov, that are the crucial evidence furnished by IOC, had been forged, according to reports by British and Russian experts. Valery Sharifulin TASS TS0D0957

Russian biathlete Yana Romanova, Olga Zaitseva and Olga Vilukhina (L-R) seen outside the Court of Arbitration for (CAS) headquarters holding appeal hearings for Russian biathletes Olga Zaitseva, Yana Romanova and Olga Vilukhina. On November 27, 2017, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) disqualified Zaitseva, Romanova Olga Vilukhina for life and also canceled their results at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics; the biathletes filed appeals against the IOC s sanctions. During the hearings, the biathletes lawyer Alexei Panich said that the signatures on the affidavits of former head of Russia s Anti-Doping Center Grigory Rodchenkov, that are the crucial evidence furnished by IOC, had been forged, according to reports by British and Russian experts. Valery Sharifulin TASS TS0D0957

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LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND - MARCH 3, 2020: Russian biathlete Yana Romanova, Olga Zaitseva and Olga Vilukhina (L-R) seen outside the Court of Arbitration for (CAS) headquarters holding appeal hearings for Russian biathletes Olga Zaitseva, Yana Romanova and Olga Vilukhina. On November 27, 2017, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) disqualified Zaitseva, Romanova Olga Vilukhina for life and also canceled their results at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics; the biathletes filed appeals against the IOC s sanctions. During the hearings, the biathletes lawyer Alexei Panich said that the signatures on the affidavits of former head of Russia s Anti-Doping Center Grigory Rodchenkov, that are the crucial evidence furnished by IOC, had been forged, according to reports by British and Russian experts. Valery Sharifulin TASS TS0D0957

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