International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Lamine Diack (C) holds hands with Valentin Balakhnichev (R), President of the All-Russia Athletic Federation, and Valery Vinogradov, Deputy Mayor of Moscow, in Kenya's coastal town of Mombasa March 27, 2007, after Diack announced that Moscow had been selected to host the world athletics championships in 2013. REUTERS/Joseph Okanga
LONDON (Reuters) - Former Russian Athletics boss Valentin Balakhnichev, former Russian coach Alexei Melnikov and former IAAF consultant Papa Massata Diack have appealed against their life bans from the sport, the Court of Arbitration for Sport said on Monday.
The trio were among a number of athletes and officials banned from any involvement in athletics after a World Anti-Doping Agency report exposed the corrupt rule of former IAAF president Lamine Diack, the father of Papa Massata.
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