MELBOURNE: Russia's anti-doping agency and athletics body "were rotten to the core," IOC vice-president John Coates said Friday ahead of a decision on whether their track and field team can compete in Rio.

Coates slammed a "massive injustice" as he belatedly awarded a London 2012 Olympics gold medal to Australia's Jared Tallent, who was promoted from silver after a Russian doping case.

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