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IAAF explores tightening rules on athletes changing nations

By Rob Harris

Rob Harris, sports writer, London, for disclosing that the world governing body for track and field was weighing whether to tighten the rules that allow athletes to switch the country they represent. http://bit.ly/2bGeItU

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http://www.espn.in/olympics/trackandfield/story/_/id/17313170/international-association-athletics-federation-iaaf-explores-tightening-rules-athletes-changing-nations

By The Associated Press

AUG. 29, 2016

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