Russia doping ban extended to include world competition
International athletics governing body says country is not ready for reintegration after 15-month exclusion
Cap-d’Ail — Russia will miss August’s World Athletics Championships in London after their doping ban was extended. World governing body president Sebastian Coe said Russia, whose 15-month athletics ban was prolonged at the International Association of Athletics Federations’ (IAAF’s) council meeting in Cap d’Ail near Monaco, could not be reintegrated into the sport before November. Double Olympic 1,500m champion Coe was speaking after the IAAF council approved the task force’s recommendation that Russia was "not ready for reinstatement". Russia has been barred from international competition since November 2015 following a damaging report alleging that state-sponsored doping was rife in the country. The ban had already been extended in March and then June 2016, preventing Russia’s athletes from competing at the Rio Olympics. The task force, which was set up to oversee Russia’s reintegration into world athletics, produced recommendations and a road map to reinstatement. But while "ackn...
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