"Tsar of Pool" hopes Russia can start with clean slate at Tokyo Games

With a year to go until the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, one of Russia's long-distance swimming greats hopes the Games will be a chance for athletes from his country to put a damaging scandal behind them.Russian Olympians will march under their own flag in Tokyo for the first time since the end of a three-year games ban stemming from allegations of a state-backed doping program.Russian Swimming Federation president Vladimir Salnikov, a two-time 1,500-meter freestyle gold medalist, said he hopes the Tokyo Games will be free from incidents that could overshadow the competition between the world's bes…READ FULL ARTICLE