Image: International Olympic Committee (IOC) President Thomas Bach makes a statement about the WADA inquiry on doping in Russia during a break of the SportAccord Convention in Lausanne, Switzerland, November 11, 2015. REUTERS/Denis Balibouse
PRAGUE (Reuters) – Russia’s Olympic Committee has given assurances that coaches, athletes and personnel involved in doping will be sanctioned, International Olympic Committee Chairman Thomas Bach said on Friday.
Russia has announced a three-month road map to clean up its athletics after the suspension of its athletes due to allegations of widespread and state-sponsored doping, with the nation’s Olympic Committee leading efforts to ensure honest athletes can compete at the 2016 Olympics.
(Reporting by Robert Muller; Writing by Jan Lopatka; Editing by Angus MacSwan)
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