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LONDON -- British cyclist Lizzie Armitstead won an appeal against an anti-doping violation, clearing the world road race champion to compete at the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.Armitstead missed three doping tests in a 12-month period, triggering a charge by U.K. Anti-Doping, a provisional suspension and the possibility of a two-year ban.She appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport, and a statement released on Armitsteads behalf on Monday said the first missed test -- from August 2015 -- was declared void by CAS because UKADs doping control officer had failed to follow procedure.On Tuesday, UKAD confirmed the ruling by CAS.We respect the outcome of the CAS hearing, said UKAD chief executive Nicole Sapstead, who added that the body was awaiting the written decision on why the violation was not upheld.Armitstead said she has always been and will always be a clean athlete and have been vocal in my anti-doping stance throughout my career.I am pleased that CAS has accepted my position, having provided detailed information demonstrating the situation around my strikes, she said in her statement.The 27-year-old Armitstead won a silver medal in the road race at the London Games in 2012 and is one of the favorites in Rio. She won gold at the road world championships in the United States in September.Armitsteads first missed test came at a World Cup event in Sweden. The second was an administrative failure on Oct. 5 and the third was a missed test on June 9 following an emergency change of plans due to a serious illness within her family.She was charged by UKAD with three whereabouts failures on July 11.Sapstead said Armitstead chose not to challenge the first and second Whereabouts Failures at the time they were asserted against her.At the CAS hearing, Ms. Armitstead raised a defense in relation to the first Whereabouts Failure, which was accepted by the Panel, Sapstead said.Armitstead did not dispute the last two faults at CAS.UKAD has a policy of not publicly disclosing provisional suspensions, or details of cases, until an anti-doping rule violation has deemed to have been committed. Wholesale Blackhawks Jerseys .875,000, avoiding arbitration. 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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- Odell Beckham Jr. didnt do a very good job of keeping New York Giants rookie Sterling Shepard under the radar in training camp.The Giants biggest playmaker and fellow receiver said that Shepard was going to have a phenomenal first season and that he was going to be the leagues rookie of the year.Two weeks into the season, Shepard is doing everything that Beckham said he would.The Giants second-round pick from Oklahoma has caught 11 passes for 160 yards and a touchdown. His reception total is one less than Beckhams team-leading total and his yardage is one more than Beckhams total.I knew it was going to be rough at first, just getting the playbook down and everything, but once I got that down, I was ready, Shepard said Thursday after the Giants (2-0) practiced for Sundays game against the Washington Redskins (0-2).I knew I was ready for this. I feel like this is what I was born to do, so I am excited. I cant wait for the rest of the season.Shepard has been somewhat of the beneficiary of playing with Beckham. Opponents have doubled Beckham more often than not and that has left the rookie and fellow receiver Victor Cruz in single coverage.How long that continues remains to be seen.Shepard said that he didnt see anything different from the Saints when they played last weekend.It is kind of hard to tell this early, Shepard said. Everybody has been playing their base defense.There has been a lot of help on Odells side, so I feel like we have to do a better job, just to get some of those guys off of him and give him some breathing room, so we just have to continue to do what we have been doing and keep preparing the way we have been preparing.Quarterback Eli Manning has worked well with Shepard, a 5-foot-10 player who looks solid at just under 200 pounds. He has thrown the ball his way 12 times and failed to get a reception only once, hitting all eight against New Orleans for 117 yards.Sheppard has turned into a big third-down target with six catches for 101 yards and a touchdown.dddddddddddd He had a big third-down catch near midfield to keep the final drive alive.It ended with Josh Browns field goal on the final play of the 16-13 win.I love third downs, Shepard said. It is a chance that we have to stay on the field, so I am definitely licking my chops every time it is third down, we need something big.That is the way it has been playing out. I have been beating my guy and getting open, trying to find little gaps in the zone, that is just the way it has been working out and hopefully that continues and like I said, I love third down.Cruz, whose clutch 34-yard catch gave New York a first-and-goal on the final drive, knew about Shepard before the Giants took him in the draft.Sitting out last season, he watched a lot of college football.I knew his skill set from watching Oklahoma, Cruz said. He has come in and continued what he did at Oklahoma, so its not been a big surprise.Shepard could get a different taste of the NFL if Redskins cornerback Josh Norman lines up against him and subjects him to his physical, trash-talking style of play.I have been dealing with the same type of corners in college, Shepard said. I just never really focus on what other people are doing.I just focus on what we have to do as a team to win and that is all that we need to focus on, we dont need to focus on all of the outside stuff that is going on, or what somebody else is doing.Game notes Rookie S Darian Thompson joined OT Marshall Newhouse and DT Robert Thomas in not practicing. He is being listed as week to week. ... RB Rashad Jennings was limited against Thursday with a hand injury. ... Expect Nat Berhe to start for Thompson.---AP NFL website: www.pro32.ap.org and www.twitter.com/AP-NFL ' ' '