The Russian Olympic Committee athletes' commission decided unanimously Monday to support the participation of individual athletes at the Pyeongchang Winter Olympics next February."Most athletes want to take part in the Olympics, and we support it," said Rio Olympic fencing team gold medalist Sofya Velikaya, chair of the athletes' commission."We ask for respect and understanding for everyone," she was quoted as saying by Russian news agency TASS.Last Tuesday, the International Olympic Committee banned Russia from competing at Pyeongchang over state-sponsored doping at the 2014 Sochi Olympics…READ FULL ARTICLE
