(8 Feb 2018) Forty-five Russian athletes are still waiting to hear if they will be allowed to compete at the Pyeongchang Olympics after their appeal hearing ended on Thursday without a decision.
The first competitions of the games - including a US-Russia curling match - had already started when the Court of Arbitration for Sport heard the cases at a luxury resort in the mountains near Pyeongchang.
The total number of appeals hit 60 on Thursday, the day before the opening ceremony.
The cases heard Thursday concern 45 Russian athletes and two coaches, but CAS said it will also hear new Russian cases involving six athletes and seven support staff.
In attendance for the hearing were Elena Nikitina, the 2014 bronze medalist in women's skeleton, and Tatiana Ivanova, a luger who won silver in the team event in 2014.
Leaving the hearing, Nikitina said the three arbiters - from Canada, Switzerland and Australia - "were pleasant and we were listened to".
The Russians are seeking to overturn the International Olympic Committee's decision not to invite them to the games.
If they win, it would force the IOC to accept athletes it considers to be linked to doping offenses.
The Russian team is formally banned, so they would have to compete as "Olympic Athletes from Russia" in neutral uniforms under the Olympic flag.
With 168 IOC-approved athletes, it's already one of the biggest teams in Pyeongchang.
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