Plan for return of Russian athletics federation to membership of World Athletics

LONDON: Following detailed work by World Athletics' Russia Taskforce, its independent experts, and Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF), a final plan for the reinstatement of RusAF to membership of World Athletics (WA) was recommended to the World Athletics Council last week, WA said on Monday.

Russia was suspended by World Athletics in November 2015 for "state-sponsored" doping. WA, in a statement, shared the contents of an email that Taskforce chairman Rune Andersen sent to the World Athletics Council on the issue.

"The Taskforce has now reviewed and provided detailed feedback on three different drafts of the Reinstatement Plan. The three international experts appointed by World Athletics have worked closely with RusAF on the development of the Reinstatement Plan and advised the Taskforce that they believe the Plan is fit for the purpose of embedding in Russian athletics the deep-rooted change in culture that Council has been demanding for the past five years," Andersen wrote in the email. IANS

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