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IAAF retains Russia suspension
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Russia鈥檚 ban from international track and field was extended yesterday by the IAAF as key Russian sports and political figures continue to deny operating any doping system.
Track鈥檚 world governing body unanimously accepted a recommendation from its Russia taskforce not to reinstate Russia. That is a blow to Russia鈥檚 chances of competing under its own flag at March鈥檚 world indoor championships in the British city of Birmingham.
鈥淚t is our responsibility to create that landscape where there is trust,鈥 IAAF president Sebastian Coe said.
The current IAAF position of allowing some Russians to compete as so-called neutral athletes after reviews of their drug-testing history, allows 鈥渟eparation where possible of the clean athletes from a tainted system鈥, Coe added.
While the IAAF has been cautiously optimistic about reforms to the Russian track federation, a key obstacle is the refusal of Russia鈥檚 sports and political leadership to admit any kind of doping program existed. Russia鈥檚 national anti-doping agency also remains suspended.
While reforms are under way within Russian sports bodies, 鈥渢he broader question ... is whether they will be able to operate in a system which we can trust, and I think that is what needs to be addressed by Russian authorities鈥, the IAAF鈥檚 Russia taskforce head Rune Andersen said.
The taskforce鈥檚 latest report on Russia, published yesterday, notes 鈥渆xtreme disappointment鈥 at what it says is insufficient communication from the Russian authorities. The Russian government has repeatedly denied having any involvement in doping, and says there was only a smaller-scale plot by a group of rogue anti-doping employees.
Russia was suspended in November 2015 after the World Anti-Doping Agency found evidence of widespread doping. Nineteen Russians competed as neutrals at August鈥檚 world championships, winning one gold and five silver medals.
Russia is the only nation under IAAF suspension, though five more 鈥 Belarus, Ethiopia, Kenya, Morocco and Ukraine 鈥 have been on a watch list amid concerns about drug use in the countries.
Coe said yesterday that Morocco had been taken off that list following a recommendation from the IAAF鈥檚 Athletics Integrity Unit. 鈥淭hey will be taken off that watch list and be monitored,鈥 he said.
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