The council of the International Association of Athletics Federations (IAAF) provisionally suspended the All-Russia Athletics Federation (ARAF) as an IAAF member with immediate effect on Friday (13 November) night.

The decision came after the publication this week of a World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Independent Commission report into allegations of widespread doping in sport.

Twenty-four IAAF council members took part in the meeting and 22 voted in favour of the sanction against ARAF, while one voted against. The council member from Russia was not eligible to participate in the vote.

While suspended, Russian athletes and support personnel may not compete in international competitions including World Athletics Series events and the Olympic Games. To regain IAAF membership, the Russian federation would have to fulfil a list of criteria. An IAAF inspection team led by independent chair Rune Andersen will be appointed in the next few days.

IAAF president Sebastian Coe said: “Today we have been dealing with the failure of ARAF and made the decision to provisionally suspend them, the toughest sanction we can apply at this time. But we discussed and agreed that the whole system has failed the athletes, not just in Russia, but around the world.

“This has been a shameful wake-up call and we are clear that cheating at any level will not be tolerated. To this end, the IAAF, WADA, the member federations and athletes need to look closely at ourselves, our cultures and our processes to identify where failures exist and be tough in our determination to fix them and rebuild trust in our sport. There can be no more important focus for our sport.”

The Rio 2016 Organising Committee is committed to guaranteeing clean Games and will continue to work with the International Olympic Committee (IOC), International Paralympic Committee (IPC) and international sports federations to protect clean athletes.

Rio 2016 and IAAF guarantee commitment to clean sport after publication of WADA report into doping