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The Latest: USADA head Tygart applauds IAAF decision

VIENNA (AP) — The Latest on the IAAF's meeting on Russia (all times local):

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8:15 p.m.

The head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency applauded Friday's decision from the IAAF.

Travis Tygart calls the banning of the Russian track team "the right outcome" and a sign that the world's athletes demanding clean competition are being heard.

He says he thought long and hard about the pleas of Russian athletes who claim they are clean but could lose out on their chance to compete in Rio de Janeiro.

Tygart says "at the end of the day .