Russian Olympic ban is bittersweet for whistleblower who provided doping evidence

USA TODAY Sports' Rachel Axon discusses the International Association of Athletics Federation's decision to ban Russia's track and field athletes from the upcoming Rio Olympics.USA TODAY Sports

(Photo: CBS News/60 MINUTES)For Vitaly Stepanov, the decision from the International Association of Athletics Federations to extend a ban of Russia that will keep his home country out of the Rio Olympics was bittersweet.

In the same decision that closed the door to Russian track and field athletes competing under their flag at the Games, the IAAF also created a path for Yulia Stepanova, Vitaly’s wife and a Russian runner, to return to international competition.

But without an assurance that her…