ATHLETICS GOVERNING BODY the IAAF will uphold the ban on Russian athletes competing in this summer’s Olympic Games.
The IAAF implemented a ban on Russian involvement in its competitions in November after evidence of state-sponsored doping was presented in a Wada report. President Seb Coe stated it would not be lifted until there was a clear change in the nation’s approach to anti-doping.
Today, the IAAF council gathered in Vienna and was expected to vote on whether to lift the ban. However, The Guardian reports that the issue was not put to a vote by the council because an investigating task force have not found Russia to have met the criteria for re-entry.
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