All 42 received the International athletic federation (IAAF) permission to compete even in the last year. Then took Lasitskene european CHAMPIONSHIP gold in Berlin.
Russia’s friidrottsförbund shut down by 2015 since it has been proved that doping has been widespread and statsstödd within the Russian sport.
Sebastian Coe said in a statement that the IAAF since 2015 has two parallel processes. On the one hand the working for the that Russia friidrottsförbund to be re-instated, and second, the process for individual Russian athlete who can prove that they are pure and thus may compete under the neutral flag.
