Today Was Not A Good Day, Part Four: Russia expelled from track and field!

Just four days after the World Anti-Doping Association stated that the successor to the KGB used intimidation and bribes to cover up and state-sponsor doping by Russian athletes (you can read the actual WADA report here), the International Amateur Athletics Federation -- the overseer of Olympic-level track and field -- has disqualified Russia from all IAAF-sanctioned track and field events until WADA declares otherwise.

This means no Olympic track athletes for Russia.  In fact, one of the authors proposed outright across-the-board Olympic disqualification for Russia until they comply with WADA anti-doping guidelines.

Now, my first impression was to the threats of similar penalties to the United States a number of years back, which got as high as threatened about one step away from throwing the United States out in a similar manner.  It appears the only difference here is there appears to be actual governmental interference involved and proven.