Russia suspended from track and field

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Russia suspended from track and field

Postby Webb » Fri Nov 13, 2015 5:53 pm

Russia suspended from track and field

Russia was provisionally suspended from track and field on Friday by the sport’s world governing body in the wake of sweeping doping allegations against the country’s athletes, coaches, trainers, doctors and officials.

The ban, which will keep Russian athletes out of all sanctioned international track and field events worldwide and possibly disrupt preparations for next summer’s Rio Olympics, will remain in place while the case is considered more fully ...

The World Anti-Doping Agency released a 323-page report on Monday laying out an extensive state-sponsored doping program in Russia. The report recommended that Russia be suspended from the Olympics in Rio de Janeiro if it did not impose radical improvements to its antidoping efforts. It also recommended that five athletes, including the gold medal winner Mariya Savinova, and five officials be barred for life ...


That's going to make the Olympics even more boring than usual.
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