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Russian GP organisers confident WADA ban won't impact race

The Russian Grand Prix won't be impacted by sporting sanctions imposed by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), according to event organisers. Russia was handed a four-year ban from all major sporting events by WADA on Monday for breaching doping regulations. The ban includes Russian athletes taking part in and the country hosting 'major events', such as the Olympics and World Cup, with Formula 1's governing body, the FIA, falling under WADA's definition of a 'Major Event Organisation'. But some events are exempt if they have already been agreed, whereby contracts are in place and cancelling them would be difficult or assigning the event to another country would be...
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