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IAAF upholds Russia's ban from athletics into 2019
Source: BBC
IAAF upholds Russia's ban from athletics into 2019
4 December 2018 Athletics
Russian athletes will remain banned from international competitions after the IAAF upheld the country's suspension into 2019.
Athletics' governing body banned Russia in November 2015 because of evidence of state-sponsored doping.
The ban will remain in place until samples and data from Moscow's former anti-doping laboratory are made available.
Russia must also pay all costs incurred by the work of the IAAF's task force.
"I hope they'll deliver the data by the end of this year," said Rune Andersen, head of the IAAF's task force on Russia. "But I cannot go any further than that.
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4 December 2018 Athletics
Russian athletes will remain banned from international competitions after the IAAF upheld the country's suspension into 2019.
Athletics' governing body banned Russia in November 2015 because of evidence of state-sponsored doping.
The ban will remain in place until samples and data from Moscow's former anti-doping laboratory are made available.
Russia must also pay all costs incurred by the work of the IAAF's task force.
"I hope they'll deliver the data by the end of this year," said Rune Andersen, head of the IAAF's task force on Russia. "But I cannot go any further than that.
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Read more: https://www.bbc.com/sport/athletics/46441625
