Mikhail Butov, its general secretary, confirmed to the media: the Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) and the Russian athletes' collective will file an appeal against the IAAF's decision this week before the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). . A call which could be accompanied by several identical approaches carried out individually by certain big names in Russian athletics, including Yelena Isinbayeva. Mikhail Butov specified that ARAF was supported in this by a London law firm, Morgan Sports Law.
