Euro Athletics boss feels Russia won't be part of Rio '16

European Athletics president Svein Arne Hansen has doubts whether Russia, currently suspended from all athletics events following allegations of state-sponsored doping, will make necessary reforms in time to compete at the 2016 Rio Olympics

Paris: European Athletics president Svein Arne Hansen has doubts whether Russia, currently suspended from all athletics events following allegations of state-sponsored doping, will make necessary reforms in time to compete at the 2016 Rio Olympics.

Russia were recently hit with an indefinite suspension by IAAF after a WADA independent commission revealed that Russia's anti-doping agency had "routinely" violated global testing standards.

WADA has begun work in Moscow to help Russia with reforms with an IAAF team due to inspect on Jan 10-11. "For now Russia have to fulfill the conditions, but I can't see them competing in Rio," Hansen told athleticsweekly.com.

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