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The exclusion of transgender athletes will come into effect from March 31 and was confirmed by president Lord Coe at Thursday’s World Athletics Council meeting.
Russian track and field athletes, banned by World Athletics in November 2015 following the revelations of a concerted home doping regime, account for almost a quarter of the names on the latest overall list of offenders issued by the Athletics Integrity Unit (AIU).
An independent audit on the cultural changes within Russian Athletics Federation in terms of making progress towards international reinstatement will be conducted in "mid-to-late October", the World Athletics Council has ruled.
The World Athletics Council is set to discuss the ongoing suspension of the Russian Athletics Federation at its meeting prior to the World Championships in Eugene.
World Athletics has confirmed that the Russian Athletics Federation is now fully up to date with all of its overdue payments for costs related to work on its reinstatement.