Russia men's volleyball Olympic team member Sergey Tetyukhin walks during a farewell ceremony before the national team's departure to 2016 Rio Olympics at Sheremetyevo International Airport outside Moscow, Russia, July 28, 2016. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Sergei Tetyukhin, the captain of the Russian men's volleyball team, will carry the country's flag during the opening ceremony of the Rio Games, twice Olympic pole vault champion Elena Isinbayeva said on Thursday.
Isinbayeva is one of the athletes unable to attend the Rio Games because of the decision by the governing body International Association of Athletics Federation to ban Russian track and field athletes from Rio in response to systematic state-sponsored doping by the country.
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