The head of the World Athletics Association (World Athletics) Sebastian Coe expressed hope for a quick resolution of the situation with the withdrawal of the All-Russian Athletics Federation (VFLA).
With ARAF deprived of World Athletics membership since 2015 due to a large-scale doping scandal, a task force was created to restore the organization’s status. From then on, Russian athletes could participate in international competitions only after obtaining neutral status. On March 1, 2022, World Athletics banned Russian and Belarusian athletes from participating in international competitions.
“Hopefully we are nearing the end. The road to recovery will not stop until the task force is satisfied. We need to see signs of a cultural shift in how coaches and the federation.
Although we are nearing the end of the doping recovery story, I don’t know how long it will take. Kyodo the words of Coe, who added that the Russian-Ukrainian conflict is unlikely to be resolved anytime soon.
Source : MatchTV
