International sport is taking action against Russia with unprecedented severity. The Swiss IOC member Denis Oswald hopes that this will have a signal effect in the country. But he says the job of sport is still to build bridges.
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From the tartan track to sports politics: the former Russian pole vaulter Yelena Isinbayeva is now a member of the IOK.
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The IOC took drastic action last week and asked its member federations to ban all Russian athletes from the competitions. This is an unprecedented measure in the history of the Olympic movement.
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