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Sunday, 19 June 2016

IAAF Refuses To Lift Ban, Russian Olympic Team To Miss Rio Olympics

A decision by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) governing body Friday will force Russian track and field athletes to miss the Rio Olympics after the sport's governing body decided unanimously to keep a ban in place ahead of the Games, SkyNews reported. In November, the IAAF provisionally suspended the country’s athletes from competition. This followed a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) report claiming there was a state-sponsored doping program and corruption by...

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