WADA's executive committee took the decision after finding Moscow tampered with laboratory data by planting fake evidence and deleting files linked to positive doping tests that could have helped identify drug cheats.
Russia has been banned from the Olympics and world championships in a range of sports after a World Anti-Doping Agency ruling to punish it for manipulating laboratory data.Its flag and anthem will be banned at events including the 2020 Tokyo Olympics and 2022 soccer World CupThis will bar Russia's flag and anthem from events such as the Tokyo Olympics next year, the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics and the 2022 soccer World Cup in Qatar.
WADA's executive committee took the decision after concluding that Moscow had tampered with laboratory data by planting fake evidence and deleting files linked to positive doping tests that could have helped identify drug cheats.
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