Russia restricted to 10 athletes in track at Tokyo Olympics

Russia's track team was limited to 10 athletes for Tokyo Olympics and country's federation was fined $10 million by sport's governing body on Thursday. World Athletics passed latest pack of sanctions after Russian track federation's new president accepted charges that fake documents were used under previous manment to give a top athlete an alibi for missing a doping test.

“Clearly previous measures were t eugh to change culture in Russian athletics. We hope this furr measure will be sufficient to provoke real change,” World Athletics president Sebastian Coe said.

World Athletics will restart a system to vet Russian competitors and allow m to compete as neutral athletes. y will be limited to 10 athletes at major events, but that limit can be raised later if World Athletics feels Russia is making progress on reforms.

Russia must pay $5 million of its fine by July 1, with remainder suspended for two years, to be paid if federation commits ar anti-doping offense or fails to make what World Athletics considers “meaningful progress.”

Russia was allowed to field only one athlete in track and field at 2016 Olympics, U.S.-based long jumper Darya Klishina. Russia sent 29 officially neutral athletes to last year's world championships, winning six medals.