MONACO (AP) " Track and field's governing body has approved Russian whistleblower Yulia Stepanova's bid to compete as a neutral athlete in the upcoming European championships and the Olympics at Rio de Janeiro. The IAAF on Friday said that it had accepted her application as the first athlete to compete under "exceptional eligibility." Stepanova was one of the world's top 800-meter runners before she and her husband Vitaly Stepanov, a drug-testing official, provided evidence to the World Anti-Doping Agency that doping was systematic in Russian track and field, with officials helping to cover it up.

Source: New Zealand Herald July 01, 2016 07:18 UTC