ATHLETICS NEWS - High-profile stars such as Paula Radcliffe and Valerie Adams led athletes' demands on Wednesday for WADA to rethink plans to lift its suspension of Russia, claiming the anti-doping body "owe it to all clean athletes to be the guardians of clean sport".
WADA stunned the sports world last week after announcing that the body's compliance review committee had recommended lifting its three-year suspension of the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA).
The decision is set to be announced at a WADA meeting in the Seychelles on Thursday. However, women's marathon world record holder Radcliffe and Olympic and world shot put champion Adams have put their names to an IAAF