Despite the damning report proof of moves to clean up the system would bring Russia back in time for the Rio OlympicsWhile banishing Russia from world athletics is an unprecedented step,these are unprecedented times. The International organization of Athletics Federations was left with microscopic choice but to provisionally suspend Russia on Friday night if it were to retain any credibility at all, but by simultaneously appearing to prepare the ground for the country to come back before the Rio Games, and it risks creating the impression an implicit deal has already been sealed.
At times this week,it has felt like a complicated dance is already in motion with the IAAF, the International Olympic Committee and the Russian state setting a course where miscreants promise to clean house, or are declared compliant with Wada’s code sometime next spring and ushered back into the fold in time for the Olympics.
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Source: theguardian.com