AA and AOC support sanctions on Russia

The Australian Olympic Committee and Athletics Australia both want the disgraced Russian track and field team banned from the Rio Games.

Australian Olympic team chef de mission Kitty Chiller is pinning her hopes on new world athletics (IAAF) boss Sebastian Coe having the guts to ensure the disgraced Russian track and field squad is absent from next year's Rio Games.

An independent commission set up by the World Anti-Doping Agency has recommended the Russian Athletics Federation (ARAF) be banned from the sport after widespread doping offences and systematic failures.

Russia has until Friday to respond to the report, which called for the ARAF to be declared "non-compliant" with globally agreed doping regulations.

Any such ban imposed by the IAAF would almost certainly include the 2016 Olympics, with Athletics Australia CEO Phil Jones saying Russia would likely not have the time to clean up its act.

Jones also wants Russia stripped of the right to host next year's world junior championships in Kazan and the world race walking cup in Cheksobary.

Chiller was putting a great deal of faith in Coe, the two-time Olympic 1500m champion who recently succeeded Lamine Diack as IAAF president.

Diack is under investigation by French police for allegedly receiving more than one million euros ($A1.53 million) to cover up doping of Russian athletes.

"Poor old Seb, he's only been in the job a few weeks and he's got a huge task ahead of him," said Chiller.

"If there is any man to have the guts and the courage and the integrity to do what's needed in that place, it's president Sebastian Coe.

"He's an Olympic champion himself, a true champion, not only as a world-class administrator but as a true genuine athlete, he will have the courage to do what's required.

"... If Russia is not in Rio, I think the reputation of athletics will be enhanced."

Jones said it would be naive to imagine Russia was the only country to have some form of "systemic doping" in its track and field program.

Athletics Australia Chief Executive Officer, Phil Jones, holds a press conference in Melbourne. Tuesday, Nov 10. 2015. He was making comment on WADA's Independent Commissions Report into doping in athletics. (AAP) Source: AAP

"It is an enormous concern that we're at this point but athletics is a significant part of international sport and will remain a significant part of international sport," he said.

"This clearly needs to be addressed.

"If we address this properly, athletics can survive and thrive.

"(But) the sport needs to be a lot more transparent about the processes in place because clearly ... every performance will now be questioned, every winner will now be questioned, notwithstanding their background in doping or otherwise."

Prominent anti-doping campaigner Jared Tallent has already said he has no intention of attending next year's world race walking cup if the event is not moved from the Russian city of Cheksobary.

Many of Russia's leading walkers have tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs, including Sergey Kirdyapkin, who relegated Tallent to the silver-medal position in the 50km event at the London Olympics.

"Athletics Australia advise that we will support any athlete who wishes to boycott the events unless the venue is changed," said Jones.