The World Anti-Doping Agency handed down a four-year ban Monday.
Photo by Valery Sharifulin\TASS via Getty Imageson Monday from the next four years of global sports, including the next two Olympic Games and the World Cup, after finding that the country altered lab reports and misled WADA officials.
Russia has 21 days to respond to WADA’s ban; if it objects, the Court of Arbitration for Sport will make a final decision., and the country’s own anti-doping agency is expected to meet December 19 and determine whether to accept WADA’s ban. In order to compete in 2020, Russia’s neutral athletes will have to prove their lab results have not been altered and that they have not participated in doping.
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