DOHA, Qatar (AP) Russia’s doping ban from international track and field will remain in place until the Moscow laboratory data has been analyzed, a process that could lead to the country’s reinstatement before this year’s world championships.
The head of the IAAF’s Russia taskforce, Rune Andersen, says he is waiting for the World Anti-Doping Agency to finish analyzing data from the Moscow laboratory at the center of the doping cover-ups. The IAAF also wants Russia to cover the costs of years of doping investigations.
Andersen says any lifting of the ban “might be before, it might be after” the Sept.