LONDON (AP) The Latest from the IAAF investigation (all times local):
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Russia is offering ''broad cooperation'' to reform its anti-doping operation as it tries to avoid a ban from Olympic track and field.
That's the message from Russian Sports Minister Vitaly Mutko ahead of a key vote Friday on whether Russia should be barred from global track and field competition over its doping scandal.
Mutko says ''we are prepared to re-certify the laboratory, or to reform, or to create a new anti-doping organization, we're prepared for broad cooperation'' in comments to Russia's R-Sport agency.
Ahead of Friday's vote by track and field's world governing body the IAAF as to whether Russia should be suspended from competition, the government has adopted a conciliatory tone while remaining critical of a World Anti-Doping Agency report alleging a vast state-sponsored doping program.
On Thursday, Mutko told The Associated Press that Russia has no intention of boycotting next year's Olympics if its track team is barred.
