The working group

World Athletics Council Meeting: World Athletics, the global governing body for track and field, on Friday confirmed members of an internal Working Group to decide on the participation of Russians and Belarussian athletes in international competitions and events.

The members of the Working Group, which include Francis Dadoo, the char of the Group, Beatrice Ayikoru, Arina Riccardi, Ami Baran and Lea Sprunger, were decided by the World Athletics Council Meeting in Monaco on Friday.

The Working Group’s role is to advise and recommend to the World Athletics Council whether the sanctions on Russia and Belarus are sufficient or if they should be replaced, added, or varied with other sanctions to be imposed under Article 13 of the World Athletics Constitution.