The Olympic destiny of Russian athletics should be decided in mid-June in Austria. The IAAF confirmed in a press release on Thursday April 21 that its Council would meet on June 16 and 17, 2016 in Vienna. A summit meeting whose agenda will be dominated by discussions on a possible lifting of the suspension of the Russian Athletics Federation. “Until then, we will continue to work with the IAAF working group,” said Mikhail Butov, the general secretary of the Russian Federation, making no secret of his optimism regarding the decisions that will be taken in Austria by the board.
— Published on April 22, 2016
