Rio Olympics 2016: Five Russian canoeists banned from Games

                                     

Five sprint canoeists have become the latest Russian athletes to be banned from competing at the Rio Olympics.

The sport's governing body said they were implicated in the damning World Anti doping Agency report into state-sponsored doping in the country.
Fifteen Russian athletes have now been banned since the International Olympic Committee said individual federations should decide if Russians can compete.
Wada president Sir Craig Reedie said he was "disappointed" with that decision.
International Canoe Federation secretary general Simon Toulson said the body had taken "swift action and removed all offending athletes where doping evidence exists".
Elena Aniushina, Natalia Podolskaia, Alexander Dyachenko, Andrey Kraitor and Alexey Korovashkov have all been suspended pending further investigation, but there would be no federation-wide ban, a statement added.
Korovashkov, a five-time world champion, won a bronze medal in London four years ago and Dyachenko won gold in a doubles kayak sprint.
The Rio Olympics begin on August 5.