(Reuters) - Russia's head of athletics Dmitry Shlyakhtin is travelling to London this week to address the sport's governing body in a bid to have his country's international ban lifted. Shlyakhtin, president of Russia's athletics federation (RUSAF), will make a speech at the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) Congress on Thursday, a day before the World Championships begin at the London Stadium. RUSAF has been banned since November 2015 after an independent World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) inquiry exposed state-sponsored doping on a massive scale. But I believe we can already guess the outcome -- while there is no decision from the IOC (International Olympic Committee), everyone will keep waiting for it." Both the IAAF and International Paralympic Committee (IPC) still regard Russia as non-compliant.

Source: The Star July 31, 2017 06:00 UTC