Russian sports officials on Tuesday spoke out against a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) committeeรขโฌโขs recommendations that the country be banned from the Olympics for four years, saying this was overly harsh and would hurt sport there.
The recommendations, published on Monday, mean Russia could miss out on the next two Olympic Games and world championships in a wide range of sports.
WADAรขโฌโขs independent Compliance Review Committee recommended the ban after Moscow provided WADA with laboratory data that was found to have been doctored.
รขโฌลItรขโฌโขs sad. I can only call these recommendations unfair,รขโฌย Umar Kremlev, head of Russiaรขโฌโขs boxing federation, said in a statement.
รขโฌลRussia plays an important role in the development of global sport. How can such a country be banned?รขโฌย
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