BIRMINGHAM, England — Track and field’s world governing body said Tuesday that Russia’s athletics federation is risking permanent expulsion if it does not begin complying with a series of two-year-old antidoping requirements the country has shown little inclination to fulfill.
Fed up with what he described as foot-dragging by Russia’s sports officials in the wake of revelations about its state-sponsored doping program, Sebastian Coe, the president of the International Association of Athletics Federations, said the organization will meet in July to consider a new set of punishments. Those sanctions could include ending the practice of allowing Russian athletes to compete as neutrals if they can prove they have not used performance enhancing drugs, or expelling Russia’s track and field federation from the I.