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The World Athletics Council has agreed to the request of the Russian Taskforce that it should continue to work with the Russian Athletics Federation (RusAF) to achieve its international re-instatement, despite the invasion of Ukraine.
The second and concluding day of the 227th World Athletics Council meeting will see further discussion of the Ukraine situation following last week’s announcement by the governing body that Russian and Belarusian athletes would be banned from international competition "for the foreseeable future."
Almost 40 years after successfully defending the Olympic 1500 metres title at the Los Angeles Coliseum, Sebastian Coe flew back to that city having attended the Tokyo 2020 Games.
The number of Russians who will be able to compete internationally as Authorised Neutral Athletes will double in 2022 to a maximum of 20, the World Athletics Council decided today.