Post by Paddy on Nov 13, 2015 22:42:00 GMT 1
www.bbc.co.uk/sport/athletics/34811896
Russia's athletics federation has been provisionally suspended by the sport's governing body for its alleged involvement in widespread doping.
The IAAF took action after the publication of an independent World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report that alleged "state-sponsored doping".
IAAF council members voted by 22-1 in favour of Russia being banned.
Its president Lord Coe said: "The message could not be stronger. This has been a shameful wake-up call."
He added: "It is entirely up to Russia to make changes."
Russia's athletics federation has been provisionally suspended by the sport's governing body for its alleged involvement in widespread doping.
The IAAF took action after the publication of an independent World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) report that alleged "state-sponsored doping".
IAAF council members voted by 22-1 in favour of Russia being banned.
Its president Lord Coe said: "The message could not be stronger. This has been a shameful wake-up call."
He added: "It is entirely up to Russia to make changes."
