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Athletics doping watchdog recommends excluding Russia from global federation

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The Athletics Integrity Unit has recommended that World Athletics expel Russia from the global federation, the doping watchdog announced on Wednesday.

In a statement, the AIU said that it had made recommendations "to consider imposing the severest possible consequences", including "considering the expulsion of RusAF (the Russian athletics federation) from the membership of World Athletics".

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First Published: Jan 29 2020 | 10:10 PM IST

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