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Coventry's Mettle Tested By Russian Olympic Debate, Say Former IOC Figures

The possible return of Russia to the Olympic fold is one of the big challenges facing new IOC chief Kirsty Coventry (Credit: AFP)

International Olympic Committee president Kirsty Coventry is in the spotlight on how she handles her "baptism of fire" over Russia, former IOC executives have told AFP.

With just six months to go to the opening ceremony for the Milan-Cortina Winter Games the odds are that Russian athletes -- normally a Winter Games superpower -- will have to compete under a neutral banner, owing to the country breaching the Olympic Charter.

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