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RIO DE JANEIRO -- The Canadian lawyer who accused Russia of operating a state-run doping program is facing a deluge of requests for information on individual athletes implicated in his investigation.Richard McLaren, who was commissioned by the World Anti-Doping Agency, issued a report that accused Russias sports ministry of overseeing doping among Olympic athletes in more than two dozen summer and winter sports.The International Olympic Committee rejected calls by WADA and other anti-doping bodies to ban Russias entire Olympic team from the Rio de Janeiro Games. Instead, the IOC asked individual sports federations to determine which Russian athletes would be cleared to compete.My office has been inundated with requests for information on individual athletes, McLaren said in a statement released late Friday from London, Ontario. The [IOC] decision has resulted in a deluge of requests to provide information to the IFs [international federations]; Russian national federations; the Russian Olympic Committee; the Russian Paralympic Committee and individual Russian athletes.McLaren said he has provided information to WADA that names athletes whose urine samples were part of a state-run cover-up.WADA in turn has shared this information with IFs, he said.More than 100 Russian athletes have been barred from the Games, including the track and field team banned by the IAAF and more than 30 athletes excluded by other federations since the release of McLarens report. Russias entire weightlifting team was kicked out Friday.Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko said Friday that 272 of the countrys original 387-member team had been approved by international sports federations to compete in Rio.The IOC has said that any Russian athlete with a prior sanction for doping would not be allowed into the Games. Anyone implicated in McLarens report would also be excluded, the IOC said.McLaren said his mandate has been extended to finish the investigation and identify any further athletes that might have benefited from such manipulation to conceal positive doping tests.Until now, he said, the focus of his investigation was to look into evidence of a state-dictated program which used the Moscow and Sochi laboratories to cover up doping.It has not been to establish anti-doping rule violation cases against individual athletes, McLaren said, adding that it was not his job to process doping cases against individual athletes.I have, however, received a considerable amount of reliable evidence, which clearly implicates individual athletes in the state-dictated program described in the report, he said. 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Thanks to a 1-6, 7-5, 6-3 comeback victory Saturday over Marina Erakovic of New Zealand, a match that included a crucial overturned call, Robson is now the first British woman since 1998 to make it that far at Wimbledon. And shes also assured of becoming the first British woman since 1987 -- more than a quarter-century ago -- to climb into the top 30 in the WTA rankings. Robson, a lefty with a fairly big serve who beat Kim Clijsters in the final match of the four-time major champions career, is nonplussed by it all. "I didnt even know about it until you (told) me," Robson said when asked about the significance of some of her milestones. "I just focus on, you know, playing my match, things like that. Things that actually matter." And she noted: "I dont go into the match thinking, If I win this, Im going to be top-30." Needless to say, the attention paid to her by the locals is increasing: Photos of Robson were all over the front pages of Saturdays newspapers, and she was thrilled with the vocal support she heard on Court 2 against Erakovic. The spectators got so loud that their roars could be heard across the grounds at Centre Court. "I dont think they had much to support in the first set," Robson joked, "but they were amazing. I thought they helped a lot." That sort of focus and backing only will increase in a place desperate for tennis success; the last British woman to win Wimbledon was Virginia Wade in 1977. Thats nothing, of course, compared to the wait since 1936 for a male champion at the All England Club, but its enough to get everyone around here rather excited about Robson. "Its good to do well, especially at Wimbledon," said Robson, currently ranked 38th. "But Im going to be playing for, like, another 10 years, so its all bonuses for now." Playing for a second day in a row, Robson did not start well. Not at all. "I was getting my butt kicked, basically," Robson said. "I was really struggling to return her serrve.dddddddddddd She was playing really well. So I just thought: Just going to try as best as I can, work as hard as possible and just stick with it until she starts to get nervous -- which is what happened." Indeed, the 71st-ranked Erakovic, who was trying to become the first woman from New Zealand to get to Wimbledons fourth round since 1959, was up a set and a break and served for the match at 5-4 in the second. But she set up a break point with one of her eight double-faults, and Robson pulled even at 5-all. "I think anyone would be tightening up serving for the match in that situation. And (I) knew that she hadnt made the fourth round of a Slam. That was what I was told," said Robson, who eliminated 10th-seeded Maria Kirilenko in her opening match. "So I kind of just tried to put the pressure on her serve, and she made a couple of double-faults, which helped me. But I knew that that was my chance to get in her head a little bit, and thats what I did." After holding to go up 6-5, Robson got a set point when Erakovic double-faulted to make it 30-40. Then came a key moment. Robson barely got a return back that looped high and just caught the edge of a line, but was called out before Erakovic finished hitting what would have been a winner. Robson successfully challenged the "out" ruling, the point was replayed, and Erakovic double-faulted yet again to cede the set. From there, Robson took complete control, building a 4-0 lead in the third set. After Wimbledons traditional day of rest on the middle Sunday, Robson moves on to Week 2 at Wimbledon. On Monday, she will face 46th-ranked Kaia Kanepi of Estonia, a four-time major quarterfinalist who beat 126th-ranked wild-card entry Alison Riske of the United States 6-2, 6-3. "Its now my second time in the second week of a Slam, so thats pretty cool. Except at the U.S. Open, I played on the Sunday, so it didnt quite feel like a second week," Robson said, "and my brother said it didnt count." Well, as far as all of a certain country is concerned, this one most certainly will count. And if Robson wins again, she will be the first British woman since Jo Durie in 1984 to reach the quarterfinals at Wimbledon -- or any Grand Slam tournament.ite feel like a second week," Robson sai ' '