World Athletics Association removes Armenia from its watch list over  possible manipulation

ArmInfo. The World Athletics  Association has removed Armenia from its watch list over  possible  manipulation. This was reported by RIA Novosti with reference to the  organization's statement.

The source notes that the decision to remove Armenia from the list  was made following the 236th meeting of World Athletics. In total, in  addition to Armenia, 7 more countries were included in the decision  of the World Athletics Association - Albania, Georgia, Kazakhstan,  Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkey and Uzbekistan. 

In September 2022, World Athletics announced the creation of a new  watch list for competition results following an investigation by the  Independent Athletics Anti-Military Unit (AIU), which submitted 17  reports of suspicious results during the qualification period before  the Tokyo Olympic Games. "Following the 2024 annual report and  progress made in improving judging standards and processes, the  following federations will be removed from the list, subject to the  conditions set by the Competition Commission:  Armenia, Albania,  Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Turkey and Uzbekistan," the  organization said in a statement.