Russia’s track team banned from Olympics

WASHINGTON — Russia’s track and field team has been banned from this year’s Rio Olympic Games because of doping.

The Council of the International Association of Athletics Federations, the world athletics’ governing body, decided to maintain its doping ban on all Russian athletes, Reuters reports.

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