World Athletics will look at the issue of Russian athletes competing while the Ukraine war continues only after it has been decided whether the country has cleaned up its act on doping sufficiently enough to be reinstated, President Sebastian Coe said on February 17. The International Olympic Committee is facing a major backlash after opening the door for athletes from Russia and its ally Belarus to compete at next year's Olympics in Paris despite Moscow's brutal invasion in Ukraine. To read the original story from Reuters, click here.
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