No change to Russian status in IAAF Council Meeting

Doha, March 11, 2019: The IAAF Council announced today that there had no change in status of the RusAF (No change Russian status).

The Taskforce chairman Rune Andersen reported to the meeting in Doha today that two key issues remain outstanding for reinstatement of RusAF:

• payment of the outstanding costs. RusAF has raised some logistical issues about payment. The IAAF will get these resolved shortly.

• receipt of the analytical data and any samples that the AIU needs from the Moscow lab in order to determine which athletes have a case to answer under the IAAF anti-doping rules.

The data is processing and authenticated by WADA, and WADA has committed to getting it to the AIU as a priority.

The Taskforce also took note of the allegation from German television network ARD that some coaches from the old regime involve again with coaching national team athletes.

This runs counter to assurances the Taskforce has previously received from RusAF that it is disassociating itself from the old regime.

The Taskforce will be asking RusAF for urgent clarification. —- IAAF