Russia's Olympic medalist Yulia Efimova, who won silver medals for Women's Swimming 100m and 200m Breaststroke, attends a news conference in Moscow, Russia August 24, 2016. REUTERS/Maxim Zmeyev
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Yulia Efimova, who won two Olympic silver medals this month after being cleared to compete in Rio following a doping ban, has compared swimming in the Games to being at war.
Initially excluded from the event because of her doping record, the 24-year-old won a last-minute legal challenge to the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) and finished second in the 100 and 200 metres breaststroke in Brazil.
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