Putin Gets Split Decision as Russia Doping Ban Is Cut by Court
- Country still banned from next two Olympics and World Cup
- Russia gets original four-year penalty reduced by sports court
Vladimir Putin
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Russian President Vladimir Putin got sport’s top court to reduce his country’s four-year doping ban, a political win that still stops its teams from participating in the next Olympics.
The World Anti-Doping Agency’s penalty was cut to two years from this week by the Court of Arbitration for Sport, based in Lausanne, home to the International Olympic Committee.