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LONDON -- International Olympic officials will try to find the right balance between collective responsibility and individual justice in dealing with Russian doping allegations ahead of the games in Rio de Janeiro, IOC President Thomas Bach said Wednesday.Bach spoke in an interview five days before the release of a report by Canadian law professor Richard McLaren into allegations of a state-sponsored Russian doping conspiracy at the 2014 Winter Games in Sochi.Some officials, including the CEO of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency, have said Russian athletes in all sports should be barred from competing for their country at the Rio Games if McLarens report produces evidence that Russias sports ministry was involved in subverting the Olympic drug-testing system.Bach said he could not speculate on what the report might say or what the consequences might be, but stressed that the International Olympic Committee would take the rights of individual athletes into account.It is obvious that you cannot sanction or punish a badminton player for infringement of rules or manipulation by an official or lab director in the Winter Games, he said in a phone interview with The Associated Press and two other international news agencies.What we have to do is to take decisions based on facts, and to find the right balance between collective responsibility and individual justice, Bach added. The right to individual justice applies to every athlete in the world.Bach said if the report highlights doping in summer sports, it would be up to international federations to decide on the eligibility of Russian athletes or coaches on an individual basis.Everybody not implicated cannot be made responsible for the misbehavior of others, he said.McLaren was commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency to investigate allegations made by Grigory Rodchenkov, the former director of Moscows drug-testing lab. He told the New York Times that he doped dozens of athletes, including at least 15 medalists, before the 2014 Olympics and helped switch clean samples for tainted ones through a concealed hole in the wall of the Sochi lab during the games.Rodchenkov, who is now living in the United States, said he operated on instructions from Russias sports ministry, which denies the claim.We have to see the allegations, Bach said. We have to see how far it goes, what the evidence is and then we have to evaluate the report. If, at the end of this procedure, there should be proven infringements of the anti-doping rules or manipulation of tests, then together with the winter sports federations we will take the necessary measures.Bach said measures could be taken against athletes, officials or others.This can include further institutional measures, in particular on the level of the international federations, he said, suggesting the possibility of Russian winter sports bodies being suspended.McLarens report, however, is also expected to look into doping in other sports in Russia.Last month, McLaren said his preliminary findings supported allegations that the Russian sports ministry was involved in manipulating test results before, during and after the track world championships in Moscow in 2013.Bach noted that a recent Olympic summit agreed that the presumption of innocence has been reversed in the case of Russian athletes, meaning they have to prove they are clean.For us it is very clear, everybody implicated in a doping case has to be sanctioned and will be sanctioned, he said.Russias track and field athletes remain banned by the IAAF based on a WADA investigation last year that detailed alleged state-sponsored doping.Russia has appealed, and a ruling by the Court of Arbitration for Sport is expected next Thursday. Asked whether the IOC would accept the ruling if it upholds the exclusion of the Russians, Bach said, Yes.The IAAF also passed a rule allowing for Russian athletes who have been outside the country and subject to reliable testing to apply to compete as neutral athletes. Only one athlete, U.S.-based long jumper Daria Klishina, was accepted among 68 applicants.While the IAAF says she should compete under a neutral flag, Bach reiterated the IOC position that, if deemed eligible, Klishina would be a full member of the Russian Olympic Committee team and come under the national flag.In a separate case, Russian 800-meter runner Yulia Stepanova, a former doper who helped blow the whistle on systematic cheating in her country, has been cleared to compete as a neutral athlete under an IAAF exceptional eligibility rule. The IOC is currently studying her case and whether it merits an exemption from the Olympic Charter. Nike Air Max 270 Rea . 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He sure didnt show it.Harlost led New York to the Little League World Series title, striking out eight and limiting South Korea to five hits in six innings in a 2-1 victory. He scored the deciding run on a passed ball in the fourth inning.I was a little nervous at first in front of a lot of people but its just another game and I felt confident going in, Harlost said.But it was more than just another game.Endwell snapped a five-year championship drought for U.S. teams on Little Leagues biggest stage and gave New York its first title since 1964. Huntington Beach, California, won in 2011 and Mid Island from Staten Island won New Yorks last World Series championship.Conner Rush had the New York teams only RBI to give Endwell a lead it wouldnt relinquish in the bottom of the fourth. Harlost (2-0) scored the deciding run on a passed ball a batter later.I was just thinking get it in play any way you can, Rush said. Once that happens, you never know what can happen.For a while, it didnt look like New York hitters would be able to hit anything.Junho Jeong (1-2) gave up two runs on four hits and struck out nine for South Korea (4-2). He was unflappable for most of the afternoon, working the outside of the plate masterfully for 3 1/3 innings of no-hit ball before Jude Abbadessa broke through in the fourth.Waking to the plate as Endwell fans along the first base side bellowed Juuude! Abbadessa broke up the rightys no-hit bid withh a single to center.dddddddddddd Harlost followed with a liner to the same spot and Rush plated the go-ahead run with a hit that fell in behind the shortstop. Harlost raced home to give New York a 2-0 lead one batter later.Its just been amazing, Abbadessa said. Just coming here would be amazing and then our team doing well is even more amazing. Its been fun the whole week and were glad that it turned out this way.Yoomin Lee homered for the Asia-Pacific champs from Seoul to halve New Yorks lead in the fifth. Harlosts precision and a stingy New York defense prevented further damage.In the second, right fielder James Fellows made a running grab at the warning track to rob Sangheon Park of an extra base hit. With a runner on first an inning later, Harlost snagged a hard-hit liner at the mound, tossed to first to get the putout and escape the third unscathed.Later in the fifth after Yoomins blast halved the score, Abbadessa scooped up a grounder that took an awkward bounce and threw to first for final out of the inning.The Mid-Atlantic team is a really good defensive team, South Korean manager Heesu Ji said. Im really proud of my team.Minho Choi struck out with runners on first and second to end the game.Harlost turned toward his dugout on the first-base side but didnt make it there as his teammates rushed out to dogpile on him near the base line.Most of New Yorks players had been on other teams together before. More than half of them were on the team that fell to last years World Series runner-up Red Land in the Mid-Atlantic Region Championship, leaving them one win shy of qualifying for a trip to South Williamsport.It was all of our last years of Little League, Rush said. So its just awesome to know that we all came together to be the best team in the world. ' ' '