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CAS upholds Russia athlete ban
- Updated: July 21, 2016
Russian track and field athletes will not be able to compete at Rio 2016 after the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) rejected an appeal by the Russian Olympic Committee and 68 Russian athletes.
The appeal was regarding the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) decision to uphold the Russian athletics federation’s suspension from IAAF membership, which means that athletes remain banned from competing for Russia in international events.
The suspension of the RusAF as an IAAF Member has been in place since last November and it came after a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Commission report detailed findings including a “deeply rooted culture of cheating” in Russian athletics.
The ban was upheld following an IAAF Council …
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