Athletics is a sport in Russia.[1] Russian athletes competed in international athletics competitions such as Olympic Games or World athletics championships. Athletics was governed in Russia by the All-Russia Athletic Federation.[citation needed] The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) found widespread doping and large-scale cover ups by the Russian authorities, the All-Russia Athletic Federation (ARAF) was declared non-compliant with respect to the World Anti-Doping Code, and in 2015 the IAAF council overwhelmingly voted in favour of prohibiting Russia from world sports events with immediate effect.[2] ARAF accepted the indefinite IAAF suspension. As of 2022[update], due to the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, World Athletics has banned all Russian athletes, support personnel, and officials from all World Athletics Series events for the foreseeable future, including those with ANA status.[3] Beginning in March 2022, after the 2022 Russian invasion of Ukraine, the Diamond League excluded Russian and Belarusian athletes from all of its track and field meetings.[4]
- ^ Edwin Bacon (2014). Contemporary Russia (3rd ed.). Palgrave Macmillan. ISBN 9781137307392.
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- ^ "Russian and Belarusian athletes banned from Diamond League meetings". www.insidethegames.biz. March 18, 2022.