The World Anti-Doping Agency says that the Russian athletics federation should be suspended after an independent commission found evidence of state-sponsored doping.
The agency called for an investigation after Germany's public broadcaster ARD/WDR aired a documentary that alleged Russia had a doping system in which doctors, athletes and coaches were all involved.
The independent commission found that the Russian athletics federation (ARAF), the Russian anti-doping agency (RUSADA) and Track and Field's governing body the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) were to blame for systemic failures.
It was so bad, the investigation found, that the 2012 Olympic Games were "sabotaged by the admission of athletes who should have not been competing, and could have been prevented from competing, were it not for the collective and inexplicable laissez-fair policy adopted by the IAAF, ARAF and RUSADA."
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