MOSCOW: Confused and dejected, Russian sports fans expressed their disappointment on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) over the International Olympic Committee’s decision to ban the country from the 2018 Winter Games.

The move, punishing Russia for its state-orchestrated doping program, will allow clean athletes to compete under an Olympic flag—but few are likely to accept, according to drinkers at Dark Patrick’s pub, a sports bar in central Moscow.

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