(AP) — Russia will learn on Friday if its track and field athletes will be allowed to compete at the Rio de Janeiro Olympics, as more damning evidence of doping irregularities pour in.
The latest World Anti-Doping Agency report on the obstruction of drug-testing in Russia came shortly before the sport’s governing body, the IAAF, meets in Vienna to decide whether to admit Russia’s athletes to the Olympics.
Russia’s track and field athletes have been suspended from international competition since November, after a report by an independent WADA panel alleged a widespread, state-backed doping system.
Russia has insisted that it has abided by all international requests to clean up its program and that its athletes should be allowed to compete in Rio.