Press Release - World Athletics - 12/17/20

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

            World Athletics response to CAS decision on RUSADA

World Athletics notes the decision announced by the Court of Arbitration
for Sport (CAS) today, regarding the Russian Anti-Doping Agency's 
non-compliance with the World Anti-Doping Code (Code), to ban Russia from 
international sports competitions for a period of two years. World 
Athletics is pleased that CAS's decision was guided by the international 
standard which World Athletics helped to set following the stand the sport 
took in 2016. 

For the sake of clarity, the decision by CAS today does not change the 
process that World Athletics has been going through with RusAF over the 
last five years. The World Athletics Council will consider whether to allow 
Russian athletes to compete again as Authorised Neutral Athletes in 
international competitions (including allowing up to 10 ANAs to participate 
in World Athletics Series events and the Tokyo Olympic Games) at its next 
meeting, in March 2021, or earlier if the Taskforce so recommends, based on 
the progress made by RusAF.

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