{"id":14247,"date":"2017-12-22T16:37:00","date_gmt":"2017-12-22T16:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/2017\/12\/22\/ioc-bans-11-more-russian-athletes-for-life\/"},"modified":"2017-12-22T16:37:00","modified_gmt":"2017-12-22T16:37:00","slug":"ioc-bans-11-more-russian-athletes-for-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/associatednews.us\/content\/ioc-bans-11-more-russian-athletes-for-life\/","title":{"rendered":"IOC Bans 11 More Russian Athletes For Life"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n Luger Albert Demchenko is one of 11 Russian athletes whom the International Olympic Committee banned for life on Friday. He will be stripped of the two silver medals he won at the 2014 Sochi Games.<\/p>\n

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The International Olympic Committee says it is banning 11 of Russian athletes for life as part of its investigation into doping at the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi.<\/p>\n

Ruling on the last 11 of the 46 cases it has been investigating, the IOC said all were now disqualified from the Sochi Games. The IOC has now banned 43 Russian athletes and stripped 13 medals from the country, according <\/a>to NBC Sports. Three of the 46 were cleared.<\/p>\n

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The 11 athletes sanctioned Friday compete in five sports:<\/p>\n