RIO DE JANEIRO: Eight athletes for canoeing, modern pentathlon and sailing are the latest Russians to be banned from the Rio Olympics of 2016. The Russian sports’ governing bodies said that they were implicated in the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) report that labelled them of state-sponsored doping. Eighteen athletes have been banned since the International Olympic Committee asked the individual federations to decide if Russians can compete. WADA President Craig Reedie said that he was disappointed with that decision. International Canoe Federation Secretary General Simon Toulson said that his organisation took swift action and removed all the athletes having doping evidence. – How many Russians will reach the 2016 Olympics? – Elena Aniushina, Natalia Podolskaya, Alexander Dyachenko, Andrey Kraitor and Alexey Korovashkov have been suspended pending further investigation but there would be no federation-wide ban, a statement said. Korovashkov, five-time world champion, won bronze in the doubles canoe sprint at London 2012, where Dyachenko won gold in the doubles kayak sprint. Modern pentathlon’s governing body UIPM said Maksim Kustov and Ilia Frolov had also been named in the Wada-commissioned McLaren report, but the three other athletes named in Russia’s squad would be allowed to compete, it added. Pavel Sozykin was the competitor banned by World Sailing. The governing body said the other six Russian sailors would be allowed to compete and a replacement for Sozykin would be allowed. Meanwhile, the International Judo Federation and the International Shooting Sport Federation have said they will allow Russia’s squads to compete at the Olympics, which begin on August 5. On Monday, seven Russian swimmers and three rowers were banned from Rio by their sports’ governing bodies.