The suspension was first imposed in November and extended in March.
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A spokeswoman for Russia’s athletics federation said she could not confirm the reports that the ban had been upheld.
Russian delegate Mikhail Butov was still waiting to hear the outcome of the IAAF Council meeting, she said.
Russian Federation had been suspended following accusations of a state-sponsored doping programme since November, with the country’s anti-doping agency and athletics body being described as “rotten to the core” by International Olympic Committee vice-president John Coates. The panel’s report led to Russia’s suspension by the IAAF.
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Mutko does not address a new report Wednesday from WADA which said drug testers faced continued obstruction in Russian Federation.
Russian officials claim they have met the conditions for reinstatement, but a new WADA report issued Wednesday cited continuing obstruction and violations of drug-testing in Russia.
“These are very serious allegations and we urge anyone with relevant evidence to bring it forward to FINA so that we can share with all appropriate authorities and take immediate disciplinary action if required”, FINA said on Friday in a statement.
The IAAF Council, which met Friday in Vienna, Austria, concluded that Russian Federation did not do enough to restore confidence of other countries in the integrity of its athletes. He replied: “I can not speculate”.
These charges would hamper the IAAF’s efforts to deal with its current crisis, said Clemens Prokop, the head of Germany’s athletics association DLV.
Sky’s sports correspondent Paul Kelso said the world governing body and the agency had to be able to carry out testing on Russian athletes without interference.
A meeting is set to be held on Tuesday in Lausanne where officials from the International Olympic Committee and other sport federations and anti-doping bodies to consider “whether and if individual athletes should be given individual justice”.
Asked by reporters if Russian Federation is preparing a legal response to the potential ban, Peskov says “we are doing everything we can in order to protect our athletes and will continue to do so”.
“Obviously, everything possible needed to defend the rights of our athletes and the Olympic team is being done and will be done at a legal level”, he told reporters.
Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko has wavered between contrite apology and brash counter-attack as Moscow lobbies heavily for its reinclusion in time for the Rio Games.
“Clean athletes who have dedicated years of their lives to training and who never sought to gain unfair advantage through doping should not be punished for the past actions of other individuals”, Mutko wrote in his letter to Coe.
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“Additionally, Russia’s athletes must not be singled out as the only ones to be punished for a problem that is widely acknowledged to go far beyond our country’s borders”.
