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  1. Citius, Altius, Fortius
  2. After the Court of Arbitration in Lausanne upheld the ban that prevents 68 Russian track-and-field athletes from competing in the Rio Olympics, Russian social media users decided to up their game.
  3. In the first few hours after the ruling, the jokes were flying faster, higher and stronger.
  4. One focus of the jokes was Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva. "Proof: Isinbayeva spotted flying over the Rio Olympics," this account tweeted.
  6. Much in the same vein, this tweet depicts former Children’s Ombudsman Pavel Astakhov. He resigned in early July after it became known that he had asked the survivor of a deadly boating accident, “How was your swim?”
  7. Hence the caption today, in reference to the doping ban: "Isinbayeva, how was your jump?"
  9. Meanwhile, @DarthPutinKGB took the ruling as yet another reason to show off his photoshop skills.
  11. "Russian sport in one picture," the caption to this cartoon reads. Just to make sure the point gets across, the bear — a symbol of Russia in itself — is also wearing Russian colors and has the country's flag on its sleeve. Subtle.
  13. "Does anybody need 7 tons of meldonium? We won't be needing it after all," this parody account of Vladimir Putin's spokesman, Dmitry Peskov, tweeted.
  15. And who better to end this with than Belarus' own Alexander Lukashenko. His smiling face, if this spoof account is to be believed, is due to "that feeling when your athletes get to go to the Olympics simply because you don't have the money for doping."
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