At least 85 athletes from the 387-strong Russian Olympic team announced last week have so far been barred from the Rio Games in connection with the country's doping scandal. International federations in Canoeing and modern Pentathlon ruled out seven yesterday, including an Olympic gold medalist, following earlier rulings in swimming and rowing.The vast majority of the Russian athletes who miss out are in track and field, where 67 athletes were ruled out when a ban on the Russian team was upheld at the Court of Arbitration for Sport last week. While Russia avoided a blanket ban from the International Olympic Committee, it has lost several medal contenders to new IOC rules imposed on Sunday banning Russia from entering athletes who previously doped.Lists of Russian athletes approved by international federations must still be approved by CAS arbiters who can reject athletes not tested outside Russia. The IOC refused to accept testing done by Russian agencies because of evidence that the process was corrupted. Meanwhile, Russian President Vladimir Putin's spokesman Dmitry Peskov told Russian media that Mr Putin had discussed the doping issue with his national security council.