OlympicTalk · Apr 13, 2017
Russia makes ‘little progress’ for track and field return, IAAF says
LONDON (AP) — The IAAF says Russia is making “little progress” cleaning up its doping culture to secure its reinstatement into track and field.
In a report on Thursday, the track and field governing body criticizes Russia’s decision to make pole vault great Yelena Isinbayeva the head of the country’s scandalized anti-doping agency.
IAAF Russia task force chairman Rune Andersen says with Isinbayeva the RUSADA chair “it is difficult to see how this helps to achieve the desired change in culture in Russia track and field, or how it helps to promote an open environment for Russian whitsleblowers.”