Russia’s athletics team remain banned from Olympics

The sport's governing body voted unanimously against lifting the suspension for systemic doping.

Russia’s athletics team remain banned from Olympics

Russia's athletics team remains banned from global competition after the sport's governing body voted unanimously against lifting the suspension for systemic doping.

Despite desperate Russian attempts to have the ban lifted before the Rio Olympics in August, the International Association of Athletics Federation's (IAAF) 27-strong council decided Russia had not met the criteria for reinstatement.

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