Friday, June 17, 2016

IAAF vote on Russian ban

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Russia’s sports minister has urged the world athletics chief to lift a ban that would prevent Russia from competing in the Rio Olympics. Vitaly Mutko said his country was ready to assist the World Anti-Doping Agency in testing Russian sportspeople for doping any way it could.  The Council of the International Association of Athletics Federations will meet in Vienna on Friday to decide if Russia can return to athletics having been banned since November.  Julia Lyubova reports.

IN: A report by a commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency..
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