Russian athletics chief says sent report on doping to world body

ByReuters

Published 12/11/2015 at 18:54 GMT

The head of Russia's athletics federation said on Thursday he had sent the sport's governing body a report responding to doping allegations made by the world anti-doping agency.

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"We have just sent our report to IAAF," Vadim Zelichenok, head of the Russian Athletics Federation (VFLA), told TASS news agency.

He declined to give any details but told TASS in an interview: "In our report for the IAAF, we agreed with some positions taken by WADA (the World Anti-Doping Agency). However, we explained that all these irregularities happened under the old leadership of the VFLA and took place some time ago."

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