Having failed to meet an anti-doping deadline for action, Russia must be banned from international athletic competitions.

On Wednesday, head of the World Anti-Doping Agency, Sir Craig Reedie confirmed that Russia’s anti-doping authority had not fulfilled its obligation to provide data to WADA by the end of 2018. Reedie told the BBC, “I am bitterly disappointed that data extraction from the former Moscow laboratory has not been completed by the date agreed.”