Things didn't drag on. Just two days after the IAAF's decision to uphold Russia's suspension, two Russian athletes announced they would appeal to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Russian walkers Denis Nizhegorodov, silver medalist in Athens in 2004, and Svetlana Vasilyeva, consider the sanction unfair and unfair. They both reject the possibility of participating in the Games under Olympic colors.
— Published June 20, 2016
