Russian anti-doping chief calls for reform of federation


Yuri Ganus, Director General of Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA), attends the World Conference on Doping in Sport held by the World Anti-Doping Agency in Katowice, Poland November 7, 2019. Grzegorz Celejewski/Agencja Gazeta via REUTERS

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's anti-doping chief has called for the dismissal of all national team athletics coaches and the creation of an international working group to help lift the suspension against the country's athletics federation, a letter seen by Reuters on Wednesday showed.

Russia's athletics federation has been suspended since 2015 over a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) report that found evidence of mass doping in the sport.

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