Russia picks new athletics chief as doping crisis deepensActing president of Russia's Athletics Federation Yulia Tarasenko. MOSCOW: Yulia Tarasenko was appointed as interim president of Russia's athletics body on Saturday following the suspension of previous head Dmitry Shlyakhtin by World Athletics. Tarasenko, the RUSAF sports director and head of the athletics federation of St. Petersburg, immediately saught to reassure Russian athletes she would fight their corner. Russian athletics' crisis deepened following Thursday's ruling by the Athletics Integrity Unit of global governing body World Athletics, which suspended Russia's reinstatement process and accused RUSAF of obstructing a probe into high-jumper Danil Lysenko. Great job guys, the operation to liquidate Russian athletics is almost finished."

Source: Bangkok Post November 23, 2019 13:18 UTC