Russia's national team athletes conduct training at their ground in Sochi, Russia, November 14, 2015. REUTERS/Kazbek Basayev
MONACO (Reuters) - The question of whether Russia will take part in next year's Olympic Games was no clearer on Thursday after IAAF president Sebastian Coe held a news conference dominated instead by his personal relationship with Nike.
Russia was banned from athletics two weeks ago after a report by the independent commission of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) detailed systematic, state-sponsored doping and related corruption in the country that had "sabotaged" the 2012 Olympics.
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