Rio Olympics 2016: Russia believes up to 270 athletes cleared for Games

The Russian Olympic Team believes between 265 and 270 of its athletes have been cleared to compete in the Rio Olympics, a team spokesperson says.

Konstantin Vybornov confirmed Russia was still awaiting final notification of numbers from the International Olympic Committee but they had been able to calculate expected competitors from the information and documents they have received so far.

Konstantin also said that Russia expects some of the 17 athletes who are still awaiting to hear whether they have been cleared to compete to be sent home.

IOC president Thomas Bach confirmed during a news conference Thursday that a final decision on which Russian athletes will be able to take part in the in the Games will arrive later Thursday.