Athletics Australia welcomes IAAF Council's Rio Olympics ban on Russian team

Jessica Brown
Updated June 18 2016 - 2:50pm, first published 1:30pm
OLYMPICS: Athletics Australia Chief Executive Officer, Phil Jones, welcomes the decision to suspend the Russian athletics team.
OLYMPICS: Athletics Australia Chief Executive Officer, Phil Jones, welcomes the decision to suspend the Russian athletics team.

Russian track and field athletes will not be welcome at this year’s Olympic Games in Rio after the the IAAF Council upheld the team’s suspension.

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Jessica Brown

Jessica Brown

Digital Editor

Jessica began her journalism career in 2009 as a cadet at The Port Stephens Examiner before moving to London for a two-year stint working in magazines and digital publishing. The Lake Macquarie local returned to Australia where she took up a reporting role at The Maitland Mercury. She worked across several rounds including local council, police and property before moving into digital journalism and joining the team at The Newcastle Herald in 2017.

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