LAUSANNE: The International Olympic Committee said it welcomed on Saturday (Sunday in Manila) the IAAF’s “strong stance against doping” following athletics ruling body’s extension of Russia’s ban.

The IOC was commenting for the first time on Friday’s IAAF decision to uphold Russia’s suspension, which rules the doping-tainted country’s athletes out of the Rio Olympics.

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