World Athletics have taken the decision to ban Russia and Belarus from events for the 'foreseeable future' as aggression towards Ukraine is carried out.
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All Russian and Belarusian athletes, support personnel and officials will be banned from World Athletics Series events “for the foreseeable future”, World Athletics announced on Tuesday.
This includes the World Athletics Championships in Eugene in July, and the World Indoor Athletics Championships in Belgrade later this month.
The Russian athletics federation has been suspended since 2015 over serious doping offences, and World Athletics said it would consider whether to ban the Belarusian federation at a meeting of its Council next week.
Russian athletes have been able to compete as Authorised Neutral Athletes (ANAs) but athletes who received ANA status for 2022 will be excluded with immediate effect, for the foreseeable future.
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