MOSCOW (AP) - The IAAF has barred five Russian race walkers from competing internationally after they were accused of working with a banned coach.
The five apparently traveled to Kyrgyzstan last month for a training camp with Viktor Chegin.
Among those stripped of IAAF “neutral athlete” status is Sergei Shirobokov, last year’s world silver medalist in the 20-kilometer walk. They have been barred from this weekend’s world team championships in China.
Chegin was Russia’s top race-walking coach but was banned for life in 2016. He ran a training center linked to more than 30 doping cases, including those of several Olympic and world champions.
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