International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) President Sebastian Coe has claimed he is hoping the world governing body will witness a “stronger momentum” from Russia when the Taskforce overseeing the country’s reinstatement from suspension reports back on its next visit.
Following the IAAF Council meeting in London in April, Coe claimed Russia were a long way off from being reinstated having been suspended since November 2015.
He said the IAAF was “disappointed and concerned to learn that the prospect of the milestones being fulfilled this year by RusAF (Russian Athletics Federation) remains a distant one”.
The Taskforce, headed by Norwegian Rune Andersen, is due to report back on its next visit to Russia on June 13 during the 2017 IAAF Congress at ExCeL London on August 2 and 3.
The Congress will take place on the even of the IAAF World Championships, at the Olympic Stadium from August 4 to 13.
Coe was speaking at the official opening of the volunteer training centre for the World Championships and the World Para Athletics Championships, scheduled to be held from July 14 to 23.