The IAAF have appealed to the Court of Arbitration for Sport over the suspensions handed down by the All Russian Athletic Federation to seven athletes.

RUSSIAN 1500 metres runner Yelena Soboleva has hit out at the IAAF’s decision to suspend her and six team-mates for doping offences ahead of the Olympic Games.

Russian 1500 metres runner Yelena Soboleva has hit out at the IAAF’s decision to suspend her and six team-mates for doping offences ahead of the Olympic Games, insisting the allegations made against them are “not realistic”.

The IAAF have announced the provisional suspension of seven Russian athletes for doping offences.

Kenya-born Bernard Lagat won a fifth World Championship gold medal for Team USA in Osaka and then proclaimed: “I feel very special.”