• President Sebastian Coe coming under increasing pressure to perform a stand
• A majority of 26 IAAF members must vote to provisionally suspend RussiaThe International organization of Athletics Federations will meet on Friday to consider a provisional ban for Russia,which said on Thursday it was alert to own up to some of the charges in a damning World Anti-Doping Agency report.
The original IAAF president Sebastian Coe, who was vice president under his now arrested predecessor Lamine Diack for eight years, or will discuss with his fellow council members whether Russia should be provisionally suspended while the case against it is considered. Under the IAAF constitution,a majority of the 26 members must vote to provisionally ban Russia while the full case is heard – a process that could take around a month. Russia was due to provide its response to the devastating report into systemic state-sponsored doping in Dick Pound’s 325-page report by 5pm on Thursday but said it would not provide details to the press.
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Source: theguardian.com