Russia remains suspended from international athletics, according to the IAAF | Athletics News

Russia will remain banned from international sport until December at the earliest despite "significant progress", the International Association announced athletics federations [IAAF].

The Russian Federation of Athletics (RusAF) was suspended by the IAAF in November 2015, after the World Anti-Doping Agency investigated allegations of widespread doping.

The IAAF board said to be "unanimous" ban, even though it admits that the country has "in some cases exceeded what was necessary", was lifted.

"There are still gaps to be filled," said Lord Coe, President of the IAAF

. "Progress has been made in key areas, but we have not made any progress yet. where all the (reinstatement) criteria have been met. "

Rune Andersen, Chairman of the IAAF Working Group on Russia, said the demand should be met.

the World Anti-Doping Agency [Rusada] must also be reinstated by WADA.

Regarding this latter aspect, the IAAF Significantly , Russia must also recognize the findings of investigations that have shown that The country's spiration of doping was sponsored by the state while the Russian authorities must give access to the doping tests carried out in Rusada. Moscow Laboratory between 2011 and 2015.

The Russians are not universally excluded from the elite competition, however, with 74 competitors from the country allowed to compete as neutral athletes allowed this year. The IAAF also denied permission to 68 other people.

The IAAF Council also stated that he had agreed that the athletes could again change national allegiance after the IAAF announced a freeze in February 2017. [19659004] The group has since evaluated proposals for new regulations to combat the trafficking of athletes.

Athletes will now have to wait at least three years before being allowed to change, with the restriction that they can only transfer once and not before.

A review panel will also determine the credibility of each case.