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International athletics boss Sebastian Coe and Russia's
Olympic committee chief Alexander Zhukov were present at the
meeting, just four days after the IAAF maintained its suspension
of Russia's track and field team, effectively ruling out their
participation in Rio.
The gathering of IOC members and federation heads is set to
discuss the situation in Russia as well as several other
countries, non-compliant with the World Anti-Doping Agency
(WADA). The IOC said it would discuss "the difficult decision
between collective responsibility and individual justice".
On Saturday the IOC backed the IAAF's decision to extend its ban
on Russia for systematic doping, denting hopes the nation might
have had of competing at the Rio Games in August with a full
team.
The IAAF suspended Russia last year over concerns its athletes
were guilty of systematic doping.
Several countries, including Russia, Mexico, Ethiopia and Kenya
among other, are non-compliant with WADA less than two months
before the start of the Rio Games.
(Reporting by Karolos Grohmann; Editing by Andrew Heavens)
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