CAP-D’AIL, France — Russia will miss August’s World Athletics Championships in London after their doping ban was extended on Monday, world governing body president Sebastien Coe said. Double Olympic 1500m champion Coe was speaking after the IAAF Council approved the Taskforce’s recommendation that Russia was "not ready for reinstatement". Russia has been barred from international competition since November 2015 following a damaging report alleging that state-sponsored doping was rife in the country. "Clean Russian athletes have been badly let down by their national system. So far in 2017, 35 Russian athletes have applied to compete as neutral athletes in international competition, the statement added.

Source: Viet Nam News February 07, 2017 08:46 UTC