Olympic officials decide against total Rio Games ban for Russia

IOC officials have decided against a complete ban for Russia from this summer's Olympic Games (AP)

Olympic leaders have stopped short of imposing a complete ban on Russia from the Rio de Janeiro Games, assigning individual global sports federations the responsibility to decide which athletes should be cleared to compete.

The decision, announced after a three-hour meeting via teleconference of the International Olympic Committee's (IOC) executive board, came just 12 days before the August 5 opening of the games.