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The British javelin thrower Goldie Sayers, who looks set to claim a belated bronze medal from the 2008 Olympics after hundreds of urine samples from Beijing were retested, has called for Russia to be banned from the forthcoming Rio Games because "the only way they will learn is if they are properly punished". Sayers feels so strongly about the situation that she has even considered pulling out of the Olympics in protest if Russia’s track and field stars are allowed to compete.

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