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Officials Banned For Life By IAAF Make Appeals To Court Of Arbitration For Sport

Three officials banned for life by the IAAF for blackmailing athletes and covering up positive drugs tests "have appealed against the sanctions to the court of arbitration for sport," according to the PA. Papa Massata Diack, the son of the former IAAF President Lamine Diack and a marketing consultant for the organization, former Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) President and IAAF Treasurer Valentin Balakhnichev, and Alexei Melnikov, a senior ARAF coach, "were handed the life bans" on Jan. 7. The IAAF’s ethics commission found that the trio had blackmailed Russian runner Liliya Shobukhova, and "made her pay a bribe for a positive drugs test to be covered up." A statement from the Court of Arbitration for Sport said, "CAS arbitration procedures are in progress. The CAS will not comment any further at this time" (PA, 2/1).

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