Yelena Isinbayeva, bronze medallist at London 2012 in the pole-vault, was among the 68 athletes to appeal the IAAF's ban. Russian track and field athletes will remain banned from the Olympics following claims the country ran a state-sponsored doping programme. The Russian Olympic Committee (ROC) and 68 Russian athletes attempted to overturn the suspension, implemented by the body that governs worl
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