The Olympic Rings are seen in front of the skyline during sunset one night ahead of the official opening of the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan, July 22, 2021. REUTERS/Kai Pfaffenbach
TOKYO (Reuters) - The International Olympic Committee has been told to give back Russian weightlifting chief Maxim Agapitov's accreditation for the Tokyo Olympics, days after it stripped him of access to the Games, the Court of Arbitration for Sport ruled on Saturday.
The IOC on July 16 had taken back the accreditation it had issued to him last month, saying Agapitov's anti-doping rule violation dating back to his time as an athlete in 1994 disqualified him from being in Tokyo.
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