Russia will miss August`s World Athletics Championships in London after their doping ban was extended on Monday Feb 06,2017, world governing body president Sebastien Coe said.
Coe said Russia, whose 15-month ban from athletics was prolonged at the IAAF`s Council meeting in Cap d`Ail near Monaco, could not be reintegrated into the sport before November.
Double Olympic 1500-metre champion Coe was speaking after the IAAF Council approved the Taskforce`s recommendation that Russia was "not ready for reinstatement".
Russia has been barred from international competition since November 2015 following a damaging report alleging that state-sponsored doping was rife in the country.
The ban had already been extended in March and then June 2016, preventing Russia`s athletes from competing at the Rio Olympics.
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