Russia’s athletics federation has been provisionally suspended from international competition – including the Olympic Games – 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”.
Its council members voted 22-1 in favour of Russia being banned.
“This is a wake-up call for all of us,” said IAAF president Lord Coe.
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