Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit DAVID GREENE, HOST: So we're just days away from the beginning of the Winter Olympics. And we still have no idea how many Russian athletes are going to be there. Russia has been banned due to a major doping scandal. But individual athletes are being allowed to compete. Currently, 47 Russian athletes and coaches are having last-minute appeals heard to see if they can take part. Here's more from NPR's Tom Goldman. TOM GOLDMAN, BYLINE: These Winter Games are the second straight Olympics where the final run-up has been clouded by a who's-in, who's-out process. Once again, Olympic organizers and courts are making last-minute decisions about whether Russian athletes are clean or dirty. All the while, the games' overseer, the International Olympic Committee, insists it's getting tough on doping. Dick Pound isn't buying it. (SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING) DICK POUND: We talk more than we walk. GOLDMAN: Traditionally, IOC meetings are genteel affairs.
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