Russia banned from Olympics but door open to Tokyo Games
(World News Russia)

TOKYO (REUTERS) - Russia may be banned from the next two Olympics but the door is open for Russian participation at the 2020 Tokyo Summer Games if athletes can meet the rigid criteria laid out by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The road to the Olympics may not be as straightforward after Russia was on Monday banned by WADA for four years from the world’s top sporting events for tampering with doping tests. Russians nonetheless have a path to competing at the Tokyo Games as neutrals under the Olympic flag if they can demonstrate they are clean and meet conditions set by WADA. With the Tokyo Olympics a little over seven months away,...