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Will Russia be banned from Rio 2016?

Russia hopes to prevent a ban on its athletes competing in the Rio Olympics in 2016 by claiming the sport's "old leadership" were responsible for "irregularities" in its drug-testing system.
The country's athletics federation has written to the sport's governing body after allegations of "state-sponsored doping" were made by a World Anti-Doping Agency (Wada) independent report.
The response will be discussed by the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) on Friday.

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