LONDON (Reuters) - Seven more Russian athletes, including world champions Sergey Shubenkov and Mariya Kuchina, have been cleared to return to competition as neutrals by the IAAF's doping review board. Russia's athletics federation (RUSAF) is suspended after a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) independent commission exposed systematic and state-sponsored doping. That means the majority of Russian athletes will miss the World Championships in London in August having also been barred from last year's Olympics in Rio De Janeiro. Pole vaulters Illia Mudrov and Olga Mullina and race walkers Sergey Shirobokov and Yana Smerdova completed the group of seven. "I wish to thank the Doping Review Board for their continued dedication and diligence in assessing these applications," IAAF president Sebastian Coe said in a statement.

Source: The Star April 11, 2017 11:48 UTC