Top Russian track and field athletes are furious after the International Association of Athletics Federations confirmed a ban on their participation in the Rio Olympics due to doping allegations. The ruling comes as the International Olympic Committee is due to make a decision on Russia's participation in the games this weekend. A string of reports from the World Anti-Doping Agency and an IAAF taskforce showing systemic doping in Russian sport and implicating top figures in the government in an orchestrated cover-up. Nine to Noon speaks to Ian Herbert - Chief Sportswriter at The Independent newspaper in the UK
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