MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russian Sports Minister Pavel Kolobkov said on Monday that local athletics federations working with coaches and doctors banned for doping could be punished. Reuters revealed last week that two Russian athletics coaches and one doctor banned for doping are still working with athletes. In response to Reuters questions, the local athletics federation in Kursk said there was little it could do to stop Mokhnev working with athletes. Kolobkov told a news conference in Moscow on Monday that local athletics federations working with banned personnel could be stripped of their accreditations. Reuters also found that Valery Volkov, another Russian athletics coach serving a doping ban, was still working with athletes at a university in Moscow.

Source: The Star June 10, 2019 17:22 UTC