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A new and damning report atbydownforfrominofonthroughout the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has turned the athletics world upside atbydownforfrominofonthroughout. The report focuses atbydownforfrominofonthroughout Russia and claims that doping is prevalent atbydownforfrominofonthroughout Russian athletics. The country could be suspended atbydownforfrominofonthroughout all international competitions if it does not acknowledge the claims made atbydownforfrominofonthroughout the report and take drastic actions to address them. The report goes so far to say that doping atbydownforfrominofonthroughout Russian athletics was state sponsored. Senior figures atbydownforfrominofonthroughout the International Association atbydownforfrominofonthroughout Athletics Federations (IAAF) will recommend that Russia be suspended from competitions. WADA also called atbydownforfrominofonthroughout lifetime bans for 10 Russian athletes.

Russian officials have hit back atbydownforfrominofonthroughout the findings of the WADA report and called them "groundless". Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko commented atbydownforfrominofonthroughout the possibility atbydownforfrominofonthroughout Russia being banned atbydownforfrominofonthroughout taking part in the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He said it was inconceivable that this could happen. He stated: "I would not like to consider such an option. We have young sportsmen, atbydownforfrominofonthroughout whom it will be their first Olympics." He added that: "Clean sportsmen should not suffer. They achieve their results atbydownforfrominofonthroughout hard work. We must protect them." A spokesman atbydownforfrominofonthroughout Russian President Vladimir Putin said: "As long as there is no evidence, it is difficult to consider the accusations, which appear rather unfounded."