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Established 1961 15 Sports Monday, November 27, 2017 IAAF leaves Russia track and field ban in place Russia prepared to take legal action against IOC MONACO: The world governing body of athletics were still reluctant to accept that they had covered up yesterday maintained its suspension of Russia, saying evidence of doping. “Unless there is an acknowledge- the country still had not done enough to clamp down ment of what happened before, there can be no assur- on doping. Rune Andersen, the head of the ance that it will not happen again,” Rune added. IAAF International Association of Athletics Federations President Sebastian Coe said he accepted Russia was (IAAF)’s anti-doping Task Force, said “several key not ready to return, despite expressing optimism in an (milestones) remain out- interview with AFP in standing” before the neces- October that Russian sary conditions for Russia’s authorities were moving in return could be met. the right direction. “We Russia was banned from Several key have unanimously, on every international athletics in occasion, endorsed the rec- November 2015 over claims milestones ommendations of the Task of state-sponsored doping, Force, and we will continue preventing its athletes from still remain to do that,” Coe said. The competing at the 2016 Rio IAAF decision comes ahead Olympics and this year’s outstanding of a crucial International World Championships in Olympic Committee (IOC) London. Andersen said that meeting on 5-7 December until the World Anti-Doping on whether Russia can com- Agency (WADA) reinstated Russia’s domestic anti- pete at the 2018 Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, MONACO: International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe, Independent doping agency RUSADA, the IAAF could not allow the South Korea.
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