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List of banned athletes grows
More than 100 Russians barred
Associated Press

At least 105 athletes from the 387-strong Russian Olympic team announced last week have been barred from the Rio Games in connection with the country’s doping scandal.

International federations in canoeing, sailing, and modern pentathlon ruled out eight Tuesday, including an Olympic gold medalist. Rowing added 19 more athletes to three that had previously been announced. Swimming has also barred some athletes. Some appeals are likely.

Russian President Vladimir Putin’s spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian media that Putin had discussed the doping issue with his national security council.

‘‘The topic of the recent International Olympic Committee ruling relating to Russian athletes was raised ahead of Putin’s planned meeting tomorrow with the Russian Olympic team,’’ Peskov was quoted as saying.

The vast majority of the Russian athletes who miss out are in track and field, where 67 athletes were ruled out when a ban on the Russian team was upheld at the Court of Arbitration for Sport last week.

More are falling foul of new rules imposed in the wake of the country’s doping scandal.

While Russia avoided a blanket ban from the International Olympic Committee, it has lost several medal contenders to new IOC rules imposed Sunday banning Russia from entering athletes who previously doped.

Alexander Dyachenko, an Olympic champion in 2012, was among five canoeists ruled out after being named in a recent report by World Anti-Doping Agency investigator Richard McLaren alleging a state-sponsored doping coverup.

Dyachenko won gold in the men’s double kayak 200 meters at the 2012 London Games.

‘‘The ICF will continue its strong zero-tolerance stance and remove all athletes that contravene its rules in anyway,’’ said Simon Toulson, the International Canoe Federation’s general secretary. ‘‘If you step out of line you won’t make the start line.’’

The four other banned canoeists are Alexei Korovashkov — a 2012 bronze medalist in the C2 1,000 meters — Andrei Kraitor, Elena Anyushina, and Nataliya Podolskaya.

There are now a total of 22 Russian rowers who have been excluded. They include Ivan Podshivalov and Anastasia Karabelshchikova, who were excluded because they previously served doping bans, while Ivan Balandin from Russia’s men’s eight was implicated in the McLaren report, World Rowing said.

The others, according to a release Tuesday, did not meet standards set by the IOC.

Meanwhile, volleyball player Alexander Markin told local media he had been dropped due to a positive test earlier this year for the banned substance meldonium, even though he had not been banned. The international volleyball federation did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

The head of the Russian Wrestling Federation told the R-Sport agency that two-time world champion Viktor Lebedev was ineligible because he was given a doping ban in 2006.

There was good news for Russia as its judo and shooting teams — comprised of 11 and 18 athletes respectively — received approval to compete from their sports’ international governing bodies.

Sabotage alleged

Two Indian competitors have proclaimed their innocence after testing positive for banned steroids just days before they were to leave for Rio.

Wrestler Narsingh Yadav, who was to represent India in the 74-kilogram category, said his food supplements were spiked, causing the positive test.

On Tuesday, shot put medal hope Inderjeet Singh, who had won a bronze at the 2014 Asian Games, was told by India’s National Anti-Doping Agency that he had tested positive for a banned steroid.

Singh has been asked to provide a second sample. If that is positive for anabolic steroids, he will have to miss the Olympic Games beginning Aug. 5.

‘‘I was on the way to getting an Olympic medal for my country,’’ a sobbing Singh told reporters Tuesday. ‘‘I deny all the allegations of doping that I am accused of.

‘‘I have been speaking out against the politics in sports in India and how badly athletes are treated and their poor training facilities, and this has riled many powerful people in the country.

‘‘Their intention is to shut me up.’’

Navin Agarwal, the director-general of India’s anti-doping agency NADA, denied that the samples could have been tampered, saying the samples are sealed in the presence of the athlete.

Yadav said he feared his food supplements were spiked, but he did not reveal who was responsible for it.

‘‘I believe that there is foul play involved in this entire episode. Someone has sabotaged my food supplements and water intake,’’ Yadav told NDTV station on Monday.

Yadav, who had won a bronze at the 2015 World Championship to clinch a place in the Olympic team, failed successive dope tests when his samples tested positive for anabolic steroids.

‘‘This is a conspiracy against me. I am sure the truth will come out,’’ Yadav said.

Australians move in

Two days after describing the housing at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics as ‘‘dangerous,’’ Australian athletes and staff started moving into the massive athletes’ village compound.

Australia team spokesman Mike Tancred says up to 60 delegation members — evenly split between athletes and staff — were checking in.

Australians declined to enter their rooms on Sunday after ‘‘stress tests’’ caused water to gush down walls and ceilings in the buildings. They also complained of electrical shorts and gas leaks.

Rio organizers said Tuesday that 21 of 31 buildings were ready, occupied by 600 athletes and 1,800 staff from 120 countries. Organizers say all the buildings should be ready Thursday, barely a week before the Games open.

The village will accommodate about 18,000 athletes and staff.

Security jets collide

Authorities in Brazil say two Brazilian navy jets have collided near Rio de Janeiro while training for protecting the Games that open in 10 days.

Brazil’s navy says no one was injured as one of the warplanes crashed into the sea and the other was able to land despite damage.

The AF-1 Skyhawks were among the planes the military will use to patrol Rio’s airspace during the games from Aug. 5 to 21.

The pilot of one jet ejected safely and the plane fell into the sea about 12 miles off Rio’s coast.

Tour for US women

The US women’s basketball team continues its pre-Olympic tour with a three-city exhibition series that wraps up Sunday at Madison Square Garden. The Americans will face France on Wednesday at the University of Delaware, play Canada on Friday in Bridgeport, Conn., and host Australia on Sunday in New York before heading to Rio . . . Fernando Prass, Brazil’s starting goalkeeper for the men’s soccer tournament, has injured his right elbow and could miss the team’s final warm-up match.

Prass did not practice Tuesday after complaining of pain in his elbow and it remains unclear whether he will be fit to play the friendly against Japan on Saturday.

The 38-year-old Palmeiras player will be evaluated daily.