Russian Athletics Federation considering CAS appeal against IAAF ban -R-Sport


  • Cycling
  • Saturday, 18 Jun 2016

A man walks along the Russian Olympic Committee headquarters building, which also houses the management of Russian Athletics Federation in Moscow, Russia, November 13, 2015. REUTERS/Sergei Karpukhin

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's Athletics Federation (ARAF) is considering appealing its ban by the IAAF at the Court of Arbitration for Sport, R-Sport news agency cited ARAF General Secretary Mikhail Butov as saying on Friday.

Butov said Russia needed to employ all legal means to ensure that Russian athletes competed at the Olympic Games, R-Sport reported.

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