Not sure what this means. My guess is that just the notion that this has grabbed Mr. Putin’s attention has Russian athletics officials scrambling. I am not sure anyone would have believed that Russia would possibly be expelled from the global sports arena.
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Vladimir Putin cancels meeting to discuss doping allegations against Russia
• Putin to be briefed after sports leaders meet in Mineralnye Vody
Associated Press
The Russian president Vladimir Putin has cancelled a meeting with sports leaders, scheduled to be held in Sochi on Wednesday in the wake of the country’s doping scandal.
A Putin spokesman Dmitry Peskov was quoted by Russian state news agencies
as saying the reason for the cancellation was heavy rain that has restricted flights
in and out of Sochi, the host city of last year’s Winter Olympics.
To see the story in its original form, please go to: http://www.theguardian.com/
sport/2015/nov/11/russian-president-vladimir-putin-cancels-meeting-to-
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Larry Eder has had a 52-year involvement in the sport of athletics. Larry has experienced the sport as an athlete, coach, magazine publisher, and now, journalist and blogger. His first article, on Don Bowden, America's first sub-4 minute miler, was published in RW in 1983. Larry has published several magazines on athletics, from American Athletics to the U.S. version of Spikes magazine. He currently manages the content and marketing development of the RunningNetwork, The Shoe Addicts, and RunBlogRun. Of RunBlogRun, his daily pilgrimage with the sport, Larry says: "I have to admit, I love traveling to far away meets, writing about the sport I love, and the athletes I respect, for my readers at runblogrun.com, the most of anything I have ever done, except, maybe running itself." Also does some updates for BBC Sports at key events, which he truly enjoys. Theme song: Greg Allman, " I'm no Angel."
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